Scientists have uncovered how the plant hormone auxin helps roots bend and downwards towards gravity—a process called ...

In January I wrote a piece titled “ 5 Physics Equations Everyone Should Know .” Lots of you weighed in with your own ...

A $3 million deal for a local museum is off, a letter from a Houma television station owner states. The letter states he will help the public by selling a $1 million building instead. Martin Folse, in ...

Get ready for a journey through deeply moving family histories as we explore some of the most touching discoveries from '€œFinding Your Roots.'€ From tales of resilience and survival during slavery to ...

LUANDA, Angola – It was well past midnight, but I was still wound up. That day, I’d stood in the doorway of a slave trader’s house where, centuries ago, Angolans were forced onto ships that never ...

Genealogist Barry Griffin used data from the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses to plot out surnames on the map of Ireland More than 6,000 Irish surnames are included on a website compiled by genealogist ...

Original music by Dan Powell Marion Lozano and Diane Wong Welcome to the Sunday Special, running now through the end of the year. Every Sunday, Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book ...

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