5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (652+ words) Wendell Berry’s legacy of hope, growing wild across Alabama In an 2025 interview at The Berry Center, Wendell Berry posed a question to his audience, a question that reverberates throughout his body of work: “What does this earth require of us…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (49+ words) Texas is no stranger to extreme weather. From hurricanes and flash floods to severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, droughts, and winter freezes, communities across the state face a wide range of environmental challenges throughout the year. These events can disrupt daily life,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (670+ words) Scientists have uncovered evidence of a lost world buried beneath Egypt’s desert for more than 70 million years. Researchers recovered 14 fossilized teeth that belonged to five now-extinct shark species, including one that may never before have been found in Africa. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (349+ words) An oasis in Northwestern Arabia was once a popular centre 3,200 years ago, where “brands” of distinct, much sought-after pottery were sold, archaeologists have discovered in a new study. At the oasis of Qurayyah in Northwestern Arabia, researchers found evidence of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) Converted reentry body ready for the U.S. nuclear stockpile image: Pantex Field Office Deputy Manager Marcus Lea, left, speaks to Cmdr. Joshua Valiani, U.S. Navy, during a gathering at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, to celebrate completion of the first production…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (162+ words) Researchers show that brands are not a modern invention of capitalism Marta Luciani, Pamela Fragnoli, William D. Gilstrap, Johannes H. Sterba, Doralice Klainscek, Joseph A. Greene, Stephen Bourke, Paul Donnelly: Creating a brand. Genesis, transformation and diffusion of Qurayyah Painted Ware. In PLOS…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (418+ words) Egypt’s deserts are often introduced to the world as empty: Wide horizons, silence, heat, sand and stone. In tourism brochures they become dramatic scenery. In archaeological writing they can appear as corridors around monuments. In some conservation documents they are…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (626+ words) ‘Complete insanity’: Overwhelming floods shut down Indiana town If it felt like the rain just wouldn't stop across the Midwest this week, there's a reason—and the numbers prove it. A relentless weather pattern has dumped staggering amounts of rain…...