Although they are commonly called banana trees, banana leaf plants (Musa spp.) are actually herbaceous perennials and can be ...

now decays in the dust-gobbed appearance of a public records office. There is no place to walk, but Anand clears a spot to sit with his legs folded, like a towering ship in an ocean of binding and ...

When material is extracted from the moon, dust gets kicked up. Without an atmosphere to slow it down, this lunar dust can travel vast distances. That surface material is "space weathered" and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Is selling cars better than offering them to rent? Hertz and Carvana were big winners during the pandemic ...

There was nothing outwardly impressive about the clam sitting on the deck of the research vessel Bjarni Saemundsson. The dull, gray creature, dredged from the muddy bottom of the North Atlantic ...

Having dust settle in your home is an unfortunate but common problem. If you think about the gross truth about what dust is really made of — things like skin cells and bacteria, pet dander, and pollen ...

That sewage was being used as fertilizer on farmland nationwide, a practice encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency. The presence of PFAS in the sewage meant those chemicals were being ...

The end-of-year obituary packages are publishing — remembering the people who shaped our world in ways large and small. We decided to do something a little bit different. This year, we asked ...