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New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

Can you grow vegetables indoors? Sprawling pumpkin vines and trailing cucumber plants may be too large for indoor growing, ...

Banana peels often end up in the garbage, but you can give them a second life in your garden or for your houseplants. Make ...

Well-ventilated spaces such as boulevards, wide avenues, parks, campuses, or areas with low-rise buildings provide give trees ...

Scientists have simulated a residential building based on a real double-story house in the United Kingdom, combining rooftop agrivoltaics with onsite hydrogen production. Electricity generated by the ...

When COVID-19 shut offices and factories across Bangladesh in mid-2020, Anik Mahmud (not his real name) packed his life into ...

Joy is not second-hand. Its unpredictability identifies us as precisely as our fingerprints. Let computers have mega-concepts ...