Zoe, the young daughter of a friend of mine, finds my houseplants more interesting than beautiful. And I agree that some – my climbing onion, rabbit’s foot fern and staghorn fern, for example – are at ...

A new study has found that wasabi—the spicy green paste that pairs well with sushi—can be used as a tool to conserve ancient papyrus scrolls. Thousands of years ago, papyrus was used to make a number ...