FRIENDS of ours, a married pair with daughters of eight and four, accepted an invitation to two months’ occupancy of a grandiose country mansion that would otherwise have to be shut up. They found its ...

Despite having 14,000 edible and nutritious plant species to choose from, 75% of the food we eat comes from just 12 plants and five animal species. Only 30 plants fuel 95% of the calories consumed ...

Composite materials are made by combining two or more distinct materials, such as a fiber and a matrix, to exploit the best qualities of each. However, predicting the performance of a composite ...

We live in a time of unprecedented economic inequality. Since the great recession of 2008, the divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ has grown ever-wider. A new study, published today, reports ...