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The apple detectives hunting for lost varieties
BBC News· 6 days agoThe UK is home to many varieties of apples. The DNA of some apple varieties, for instance, shows that they are descended from a lost tree, one that must...
Caroline will take farmland for water project
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 6 days agoThe Caroline County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to use its power of eminent domain to take a farmer’s land for a water-intake...
'Breathtaking': Canalside carousel turns 100, yet has only operated 24 years
The Buffalo News· 3 days agoIf there were Guinness World Records entries for the most years a carousel sat in storage, or the...
This GOP Candidate Is Anti-China. His Family Tried to Build Water Parks There.
The Daily Beast· 3 days agoThis GOP Candidate Is Anti-China. The family of Trump-backed Senate candidate Eric Hovde once set up a China-related venture, records reveal. “The effort was a bust and waste of time,” Hovde ...
Millions are sweating it out as a heat wave nears its peak from Midwest to Maine
The Journal Times· 5 days agoA heat wave from the Midwest to New England moved closer to a breaking point Thursday as millions of...
No lie: Perfectly preserved centuries-old cherries unearthed at George Washington's Mount Vernon
The Journal Times· 6 days agoGeorge Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but...