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The Spanish brought peaches to the U.S., but Indigenous peoples spread the fruit across the eastern half of the U.S.

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We can anticipate many false claims as we approach the U.S. presidential election—including untrue allegations of mass voting ...

The fungal network hidden under fleshy, white king oyster mushrooms doesn’t just sprout elegant appetizers. It can also serve ...

Jared Del Rosso is an associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver. The Whip-Poor-Will’s ...

Daisy Yuhas edits the Scientific American column Mind Matters. She is a freelance science journalist and editor based in ...

Apple experts divide time into “before Honeycrisp” and “after Honeycrisp,” and apples have never tasted so good ...

In a new book, a long-time foreign correspondent examines the underappreciated links between climate change and violent ...