A new study from Umeå University has revealed that trees' circadian clocks guide their growth and the timing of seasonal events like the appearance of leaves in spring. The researchers investigated ...

"I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions,” the English explorer Wilfred Thesiger wrote in his 1959 travelogue, Arabian Sands. It was these words—about ...

Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge, even on a good day. Quality sleep can be even harder to achieve when you’re traveling. Indeed, only one in three travelers report sleeping well. “ ...

Let’s put some numbers behind a trend you might have already observed for yourself: There are simply a mind-boggling number ...

As climate change and poor governance fuel deadly land disputes in Chad, farmers and herders are turning to grassroots ...

Rock Springs has weeds, brush and grass clogging vital drainage canals through the heart of town. An army of 300 goats has ...

After being gifted a goat by one of the tribe's leaders, the BBC presenter was instructed to kill the animal, as refusing to do so would be considered rude. Following the tribe's customs ...

Spoiler alert: BTFD Coin (BTFD) is sprinting toward that moonshot finish line—and four other high-conviction picks are heating up behind it: Goatseus Maximus (GOAT), Act I: The AI Prophecy (ACT), ...

To sleep more, I’d recommend that you go to bed earlier. It won’t work if you suddenly try to hit the pillow at 10pm, however. Shift your bedtime forward by half an hour each week, until you ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sleeping on the job! That was one reaction to a report by The Sunday Times that Heathrow chief executive ...

The Supreme Court equates mass tree cutting to murder, stressing urgent action. Explore India's strict laws protecting trees and the penalties for violations. Listen to Story India has strict laws to ...

What if we could obtain the memory, learning and perception benefits of “power naps” without actually sleeping? The team first trained five monkeys on a task evaluating image orientations and ...