UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

Bonsai aren’t perfect miniature trees, said Dave Hodgetts, a bonsai grower. They’re trees with artistic license. They’re living sculpture. “Because they keep growing, they ...

Lively trees made from pipes spiraling around central cores serve a triple purpose as climbable structures, shade-providing canopies, and supports for a series of interconnected bridges throughout the ...

Rory McIlroy pulled off one of the most incredible—and crazy—recovery shots in Masters history on Sunday. Turns out, it wouldn't have happened if it was up to his caddie. After pulling his tee ...

“Straight hair naturals” are Black women who don’t have any chemical treatments in their hair such as a relaxer or Jheri Curl, but wear their hair in a straightened or stretched state the ...

For trees, lightning strikes are the great leveller. Stick your neck out by growing taller than the rest, and you risk getting zapped into oblivion. Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate ...

In Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth's 1953 sci-fi classic "The Space Merchants," governments have been replaced by powerful corporations that have privatized nearly every corner of the globe.

From a volcano in Indonesia to a frog in Bologna, a ghoulishly large number of ideas and events wormed into Mary Shelley's dazzling mind as she imagined the "hideous phantasm of a man" at the ...

The Curious George series has sold 10,000 times the initial print run. H. A. & Margaret Rey Papers, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection / McCain Library and Archives An illustration for ...

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