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Orange Tower and Hill Glory are two tropical flowers that are suitable for gardening because they are flamboyant and easy to grow. These two are cousins of Vervain, and no less magical than this quite famous relative from the temperate zone.

Time is indeed real for us. It brackets our life on this planet; it is real because it is one of the variables against which science measures the parameters of our universe, and we measure life and death. Time is a fleeting concept, yet how we experience it has a strong subjective element. 

Before owning a Tibetan Mastiff, it is helpful to understand some basic facts about their natural habitat and the types of human interactions and environments they are accustomed to.

Egyptians considered Frankincense the perfume of Gods. Sandalwood was the ultimate perfume for Indians. There is also some evidence pointing to Indians mastering the art of distilling essential oils as early as 3000 BCE.

Dogs started their companionship with humans about 30,000 years ago, and compared to this long period, cats seem like strangers who just now knocked on our doors to say hi. Nine thousand years is a very short time compared to 30000 years.

The story of rice can be seen as a mirror image of the story of human civilization itself. The domestication of wild animals and plants was key to humans transforming their nomadic habits and settling down in certain locations.

Writing a dictionary can seem a daunting, almost impossible task when considering its immense size, volume, and the vast amount of information it contains. A few dedicated men, however, devoted their entire lives to this endeavour.

Depleted as they might be, our forests and wilderness remain a rich haven of mushrooms such as parasols, morels, chanterelles, buttons, meadows, puffballs and horse mushrooms.

Ikebana is a noble hobby that involves flowers and everything else in life. It is more than putting some flowers and twigs in a vase. This article explores its philosophy and meaning.

Owing to climate change, Himalayan glaciers are melting, escalating the threat of drought in thousands of square kilometres of land.

It was in 7000 BCE that the inhabitants of the Andes mountains in South America began to cultivate potatoes.

People dig holes in the ice for this as the entire water surface is often covered in ice. Fish is eaten either frozen, boiled or fried.

This spice, no less interesting or tastier than pepper, was cast away in the flood of changes happening in the history of food choices.

1-3 billion people could find themselves outside the comfortable mean temperature in a short time of 50 years.

Jackfruit has been the food of the poor man for centuries in many regions of Asia, due to its abundance and ability to thrive with zero care

Vervain, also known as the Druid’s weed, was a special herb used by Druids in medicinal healing.

The Aral Sea nowadays is the skeletons of fishing vessels protruding from its exposed sandy bottom like ghosts of another world.

A woman who has spent 3 decades with the blue whales of the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Kariko’s and Drew Weissman’s paper on mRNA became a worldwide sensation when the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on the world in 2020.

Many of these traditionally used medicinal plants have Vitamin K in them, which produces the proteins that help blood clotting.