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Astrochemist Ryan Fortenberry, UM associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, collaborated with Ralf Kaiser, of the ...

Q : This young tree just showed up in my yard (see reader's photo). Do you know what kind it is? A : It looks like a small ...

When ripe, the orange fruit is soft, sugar sweet, and custardy but it can be eaten more like an apple before that. Although in the same genus, Diospyros, our native trees are very different in size, ...

Study Reveals Urban Trees Suffer More from Heat Waves and Drought Than Their Rural Counterparts Aug. 13, 2024 — A recent study details how trees in New York City and Boston are more negatively ...

New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely ...

There is an old adage that says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second-best time is today. That rings true in autumn in Greater Columbus as September and October can be the ...

It’s 4 p.m. in Joshua Tree National Park and the air temperature is hovering around 99 degrees — relatively mild for an August afternoon. But at ground level, the sand along the popular Hidden ...

A perfect showcase for late-summer corn, this bright, colorful dish is just as much about the contrast of textures as it is those sweet and tangy flavors. It’s flexible, too, with readers ...

The objective of Sweet Gummy Blast is to score as many points as you can in the given moves. Swap gummies horizontally or vertically to each other to form groups of 3 or more of the same candy.

Glyceric acid is one of the simplest sugar acids and plays a crucial role in the metabolism of living organisms on Earth.