Extreme weather caused by global warming is expected to increasingly challenge the yields of conventional crops like corn, wheat, and soy.  Small-scale farmers — who lack the re...

Water scarcity is one of the world's biggest challenges. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in three people globally do not have easy access to clean water. ...

Electric vehicle (EV) sales have sharply escalated over the past three years. However, their overall global market share remains extremely low. It ranges from about 16 percent i...

On May 12, 2022, an international team of astronomers led by scientists at the Harvard—Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics revealed the first image of a supermassive black hole ...

Hotels often undergo makeovers. However, few can compete with the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. Carved entirely from  "snice"  — a mix of snow and ice —  the hotel is rebuilt...

American wild turkeys have made a remarkable comeback.  The birds' population, which had fallen to about 200,000 specimens in the early 1900s, has risen to over 7 million today....

Laura Young had a feeling that the 52-pound marble sculpture she bought from a Goodwill Store in Austin, Texas, in 2018, was worth more than the $34.99 she paid. However, the vi...

Shoppers pondering over which color car to purchase may want to consider German automaker BMW's new concept car.  Unveiled at the January 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las V...

Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, shows no signs of abating. After being forced to withdraw from the northern cities of Kyiv, Chernihiv, a...