In her 40s, the self-described New Jersey housewife started building a women’s fiction empire, churning out dozens of popular books. By Alex Williams Fern Michaels, a mother of five in suburban New ...

Jacob S. Suissa receives funding from The National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and Let's Botanize Inc. There are few forms of the botanical world ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive ...

As the 60-year-old DC3 aeroplane bumps and buzzes down to the outback Queensland town of Birdsville, I gaze out the window in amazement. Instead of a dry, dusty plain, a vast shining lake spreads out ...

Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" ...

Dezeen Showroom: British furniture brand Bisley has combined its locker-style steel cabinets with reeded glass doors to form this collection of units, designed for both storage and display. Fern Peek ...

Step into the slow, soulful rhythm of provincial life in the Philippines. From early morning harvests and carabao rides to home-cooked meals by the palayan, Buhay Probinsya by Kabagis captures the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The precision of a double in Java is 10-324 decimal places, although true mathematical precision ...

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