True to its name, seed starting mix is the best option for starting seeds. The mix of perlite, vermiculite, and sphagnum peat moss create a sterile, disease-free environment that provides the optimal ...

It's fine to reuse potting soil if the plants that were growing in it were healthy and had no signs of disease or pests. But if you're unsure, you can sterilize it yourself to get it ready for reuse.

Most of southcentral Pennsylvania has thirsted its way through a hot, dry back end of summer 2025, resulting in plants and lawns that are unusually parched for this time of year. While this week’s ...

The 1940s Girl Scout camp had never been dug before the soil was untouched, the history undisturbed. With detectors sweeping the ground, the signals came fast, and suddenly, silver coins surfaced in a ...

Qalbinur Sidiq, an ethnic Uzbek teacher, was coerced into working in Xinjiang's mass detention camps, where Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities faced torture, forced sterilization, and propaganda ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Council member Heather Kimball criticized the current ...

A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature Communications, suggests Earth's own tropical soils may contribute to climate ...

Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics originated from microbes, yet as antibiotic resistance spreads and drug pipelines ...

Denmark forced contraception on more than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, who reported cases that date back to the 1960s. More than 350 Greenlandic women described nearly 500 incidents ...

Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the Vote, ...

National Geographic photographer Rena Effendi visits the U.S. Midwest to capture how one farmer is restoring her family farm from the ground up—and with support from PepsiCo, helping cultivate the ...