It’s getting dark out again. Here’s why it’s actually good for your health.
As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity, scientists are revealing more of the benefits of darkness—from repairing DNA to ...
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Here’s What Happens When Plants Are Kept in the Dark: 5 Common Issues
What will happen to plants that are kept in the dark is what we're going to talk about today. If you have that one room in ...
A young tobacco farmer works long hours in the family business: 'The nature of the beast'
In high school, Grant Jeffrey Garst followed in the footsteps of his daddy and grandfather. Now he's keeping the tobacco farming tradition alive.
Lessons, Big and Small, From Growing Out My Gray
At 50, one writer decided that her dark brown hair was no longer to dye for. But going silver, it turns out, comes with its ...
Facing competition, declining market, what's lost as tobacco culture fades: Up in smoke
Tobacco has long been a lifeline for Southern farmers. It's lifted communities out of poverty and enabled families to hold onto land for generations.
Farming in the Dark: How Electro-Agriculture Outpaces Photosynthesis
Bioengineers propose "electro-agriculture," a method that replaces photosynthesis with a solar-powered reaction converting ...
The dark side of the contraceptive coil
Hormonal coils, which release low levels of hormones into the body, are one of two types of contraceptive intrauterine device ...
10 years ago, Christopher Nolan made his most emotional movie ever. Here’s why it’s still the best
Director Christopher Nolan's epic sci-fi film Interstellar premiered 10 years ago this week, making for one of his best, but most underrated movies ever.
Let’s Not Lose Sight of Who Trump Is
The 2024 election has the potential to challenge the New Deal realignment of 1932 as the most consequential election of the ...
Halloween Falls on a Dark Moon, Setting an Eerie Backdrop for the Spookiest Night of the Year
Between the dark moon phase and a tricky planetary opposition, it's safe to say that the cosmos understood the assignment ...
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Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos)
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...
Hygge, fika, losji: 6 Scandinavian trends to keep you feeling cozy and connected during cold weather
Light some candles, spend time in nature and have a coffee break. Here's what the Nordic countries can teach us about finding ...