Wash your garments at a minimum of 60 °C for at least 30 minutes, then tumble dry on the hottest setting for 30 minutes. If ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a male Mockingbird may learn up to 200 songs in its lifetime. Like the ...

When the first frost hits, your garden's not done yet - it's just time for a little tough love. Learn which plants need a ...

The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ...

研究显示，在强烈路灯照射下的树木，其落叶时间比正常树木晚2-3周，这会使它们更容易遭受早霜冻害。因此，在城市规划中考虑植物的夜间需求，正在成为生态建设的新课题。在更深层的生物学层面，植物的夜间活动与基因表达密切相关。科学家通过转录组分析发现，植物基因组中有超过三分之一的基因表达呈现昼夜波动，这些"时钟基因"构成了复杂的调控网络，如同一个精密的生物计时器，指挥着各种生理过程的时序安排。这个内在计时器 ...

Turn your garden into a hedgehog haven within a week with simple, natural tweaks that invite these charming pest-controllers ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

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A new study estimates that plastics burden the U.S. with hundreds of billions in annual health, environmental, and economic losses.

The nearby Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve (separate from but complementary to the state park) protects some of the oldest trees in Oklahoma, with cross-timbers forests containing 500-year-old post ...

It’s world is a dome of brilliant blue, a canvas for the sun that warms its emerald feathers. The Green Bee-eater, a jewel of arid lands, makes its home not in a dense, tangled forest, but a kingdom ...

Try to imagine a brain the size of a tiny poppy seed. Believe it or not, scientists have just discovered a brain this small ...