World’s Oldest Gardening Manual To Be on Display

The world’s oldest gardening manual, offering bizarre horticultural tips dating back more than 700 years, was once owned by Henry VIII. Well-thumbed and annotated, it imparts green-fingered gems such as planting squashes in human ashes for quicker fruiting, using goat manure to grow tastier lettuce and the observation that cucumbers tremble with fear at thunder

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Can the Siberian Tiger Make a Comeback?

rom its origins in Russia’s remote Primorsky Province, the Krounovka River wends northeast, passing through ridges red with willow trees and barren stretches of grassland, before finally joining a larger river known as the Razdolnaya. By modern standards, the river valley is all but unpopulated, save the odd logging outpost, but in the winter months the region fills with amateur sportsmen who come to stalk the abundant sika deer and the freshwater trout.

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A Guide to Making a Succulent Terrarium

Create a living little world in your home with these step-by-step instructions.

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Winter's first big snow expected in U.S. Northeast this weekend

Up to 8 inches of snow is expected to fall over parts of the Northeast this weekend, and a wintry mix could make for a messy Monday morning commute in New York, Boston and other cities.

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Experts examine bones as Spain hunts for Cervantes' remains

Experts searching for the remains of Miguel de Cervantes have started what they hope will be the final phase of their nine-month quest to solve the mystery of where the great Spanish writer was laid to rest.

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Acid rain showers make major contribution to largest ever extinction

The Permian was a geologic period that ended more than 250 million years ago. During this time the Earth consisted of one super continent called Pangea. Forests flourished on it and a large ocean called Panthalassa teemed with life. At the end of this period the Earth had an environmental crisis that caused the largest mass extinction ever recorded. Scientists suggest that a series of massive volcanic eruptions that deposited rocks now known as the...

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How Flies Fly

Flies are the best aerialists of all the insects. How do they do that with only two wings?

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