Gaskell and the Brontës had given me two opposing visions of northern England, but the reality defies that simple split. Gaskell’s sooty towns existed within a broader pastoral landscape, just as the ...

Sherlock Holmes might as well have said, “It’s binary, my dear Watson,” instead of “It’s elementary.” We are immersed in a world of dichotomies comprising binary categories, such as true or false, ...

As Donald Trump rampaged about in his first term, leadership of the free world was transferred, by general liberal acclamation, to Angela Merkel of Germany. She was cast as the embodiment of ...

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular binary-parser npm library that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary JavaScript. The vulnerability, tracked ...

The lights are dimming on this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The 11-ton Norway Spruce is getting its last hours of gilded glory before crews bring it down to be milled and repurposed ...

Trees are known for capturing carbon dioxide as they grow. But they also soak up other gases implicated in climate change through microbes in their bark. The tree bark microbes feast on hydrogen, ...

Near Palm Springs, California, Joshua Tree National Park is a protected desert expanse named for its signature yucca plant with twisted limbs and spiky leaves. The best time to visit the park is ...

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will again be from upstate New York this holiday season. A 75-foot-tall, 45-foot-diameter Norway spruce from East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, will be heading ...

An international team of researchers has just revealed the existence of three Earth-sized planets in the binary stellar system TOI-2267 located about 190 light-years away. This discovery, published in ...