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Two Purdue University studies show that urbanization changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, highlighting the need for urban …

Smallholder farmers who cultivate perhaps only a few hectares of land dominate the agricultural landscape in places like …

On March 4, 2018, Americans, and folks all over the world were treated to the 90th annual Academy …

India’s air and water dilemma is becoming ever more serious. Although India is one of the world’s top …

A study shows that grazing lands are vulnerable to climate change. Some 800 million people around the world depend …

Beijing announced on March 5 that it is raising its armed forces defense budget by 8.1 percent, a …

Despite China’s absence from this summer’s World Cup finals, the world’s most populous nation is challenging for the …

Most of us surely don’t think of mosquitoes as being especially adept at learning. But that may not …

The guqin, or qin, is a seven-stringed classical musical instrument that is a relative of the zither family …

A bizarre underwater phenomenon in Antarctica has been caught on camera. However, be warned, the stunning phenomenon hides …