Nuclear energy is at least a decade away from coming to North Dakota, but the lawmakers studying its feasibility are already researching potential storage options for radioactive waste. While North ...

The Republicans who dominate Utah’s politics — from the legislature to the governor’s mansion — are aggressively pursuing nuclear power, but a problem that had confounded fission supporters over the ...

A yellow-billed kite drinks unhurriedly from the concrete bird bath at the centre of Benedict Odongo’s garden. It pauses briefly, casts a territorial glance around its surroundings, then lifts off ...

A team at Kobe University has discovered a previously overlooked dynamic between the Japanese red elder plant and a group of ...

Studies have suggested that natural, ecologically conscious burial is becoming increasingly popular in the United States.

In Jerusalem recently, I spotted a brilliant yellow rose and longed to know its origin. It had wound its way up a giant yucca (Yucca gigantea/elephantipes), and some of its flowers extruded from the ...

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If you’ve never heard that the Rat Pack lived out the Swinging ’60s in Yucca Valley, well, it’s because they didn’t want you to. “At the time Yucca Valley wasn’t really populated and that, as the ...

You’ve probably scrolled past a dozen “best houseplant” lists this year. Here’s why this one is different: these eight plants don’t just survive neglect — they’re engineered by nature to thrive on it.

The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects is hoping federal efforts to find states willing to host sites that can handle the full nuclear lifecycle will steer nuclear waste storage away from Nevada.