In fact, prior to the politeness of the 19th century, orchids were known in Norfolk as bollockworts. Despite the origin of their name, few other plants have the glamour and allure of the orchid family ...

Indians are crazy about mangoes, and India produces more than 22 million tonnes of them every year. But the country is still ...

Superman has made its theatrical debut, and amidst the great critical reception it is receiving, some aspects of the movie, like the DCU version of the Superman origin story, have already caught the ...

As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.

The image of a polar bear adrift on a melting mini iceberg in Al Gore’s 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” probably did ...

A rock from another solar system is a direct probe of how planetesimal formation took place at another star,” explained ...

Succulent plants are defined as plants that have evolved to store moisture in their leaves, stems or roots,” writes columnist ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

In 2013, when Sandra Altherr, co-founder of the German NGO Pro Wildlife, began looking into the reptile trade in Europe, she ...

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

The 6-hour duration was sufficient for better oil extraction and higher yields using hexane as the apolar solvent. Generally speaking, the solvent extraction process is very efficient, especially for ...