Most people, at one time or another, act foolishly. However, truly ignorant individuals exhibit a lack of introspection and stubbornly cling to their opinions, regardless of how irrational they may be. These people demonstrate…
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, in collaboration with the Americana Music Foundation, is presenting its inaugural “Roots to Pop” series, an initiative connecting contemporary music to the genres at its root…
MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Southern Roots Nut Co. plans to open a pecan processing facility in Dothan, where the New Mexico-based company will create 120 jobs in Alabama’s Wiregrass region.Southern Roots will…
When two parents each pass on a mutated copy of a particular gene to their baby, that child can get Pompe disease. Because this rare condition doesn’t affect you if you carry just one faulty gene, parents usually don’t realize they could…
During my childhood, Filipino food was something I only ever ate at my Gigi and Poppop’s house — empanadas filled with raisins, potatoes, and peas sealed with perfectly twisted edges, paella colored yellow with saffron, and puto,…
Ron Bartel is a senior hydrologist at the University of Florida’s North Florida Research Education Center. Bartel works with farmers in the Southeast who are interested in switching from conventional crop rotation to sod-based crop…
Microbes seem to affect how well tea plants absorb nutrientsArtur Szymczyk/Alamy
Tweaking the community of microorganisms found on the roots of tea plants could make your favourite brew even tastier.
Just as…
Down a gray and gritty alley in San Francisco’s Chinatown, a Victorian-era investigator waved away the sickly fumes emanating from forbidden opium dens, stopped before an unmarked door and rapped on it with his cane.
A fictional…
1. IntroductionSalinization is one of the most serious environmental problems in the world, affecting the growth, development, and productivity of many plants. More than 6% of the world’s land is affected by salinization, with 20% of…
John Mara and Steve Tisch have work to do.
The Giants’ rapid return to the NFL’s basement after last year’s playoff berth has undone almost any meaningful progress they made in 2022.
The question is whether ownership will press the right…
1. IntroductionNitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are two biologically essential elements for the maintenance of plant metabolic processes, which can constrain plant growth in a wide variety of terrestrial ecosystems . Tropical and…
1. IntroductionHorse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L., Hippocastanaceae) is a large, magnificent deciduous tree native to mountain areas of the Balkan Peninsula in south-eastern Europe. The species was successfully introduced to…
The Public Health Service established the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in 1946 to work on malaria, typhus, and other infectious diseases. The center was located in Atlanta (rather than Washington, DC) because the South was the area…
With unemployment on the up, many Portuguese are turning to their hands to agriculture. Over 5,000 new farm start-ups have taken root in the last 3 years -- including a baker looking to make a crust out of fruit and a former builder turned…
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