The average person can easily spot lichens in the woods, yet few scientists have studied the species. Now the Smokies are a hotspot for such research.

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In this column, @SmokiesLife intern writer Hannah Early examines lichen and biodiversity in Great Smoky Mountains National ...

A look inside a rare, 400-year-old tree found in the Lorneville area of Saint John offers a microscopic glimpse at the history and data that can be pulled from old growth trees as the supply of ...

The agency announced in October that it had convened an outside panel of experts to review a dozen studies from within and outside the agency on ways to reduce the cost of the Mars Sample Return ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has faced her fair share of mockery over the years — no thanks to her slew of word salads, meme-worthy soundbites and awkward moments.

When Bruce Bastian, the co-inventor of WordPerfect, died this week, it sent me back more than 30 years to when there was a legion of DOS-based word processing applications, and then there was ...

Who makes the words? Why are trees called trees and why are shoes called shoes and who makes the names? - Elliot, age 5, Eltham, Victoria Good question Elliot! Let’s start with the first part of ...