The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated—they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the atmosphere and sequester carbon. Yet, in the farmland area of Canada's ...

Salad is a very versatile dish. It can be eaten as a side or as a main, and there are enough ingredient options to make everyone happy. Most salads consist of a base of vegetables, but sometimes ...

A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential for a severe or even fatal fall; a disturbance in the smooth interplay of ...

Learn about league tables, their role in ranking companies by financial metrics such as revenue and market share, and explore examples of their use in finance and beyond.

Discover how social networking services connect users globally, explore their advantages, and understand the risks involved, ...

Members of The Times’s Washington team discuss their approach to coverage of politicians and witnesses who sometimes seem to be performing for the cameras.

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...

The US government is incorporating social media vetting as part of their border control policy, leading to concerns about ...

A detailed annotation of anatomical brain structures (some novel) of the spider Uloborus diversus is provided based on a ...

Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This blueprint is known as a genome. When scientists sequence a genome, they identify ...

Optimal decisions made in extreme conditions require effective fast and slow thinking. Artificial intelligence (AI) may improve the speed and accuracy of decisions made in life-or-death situations.

Abstract: Guangdong rural areas have advantages such as rich folk customs and a large potential for consumer demand among the elderly population in cities, but they also face disadvantages such as ...