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Find out which fruit trees bear fruit during each month of the year so that you can eat the most luscious fruit year-round.

“Soaking” instead of “dispersing” oil spills could be a better solution.

Repeats of your favourite shows can have a healing effect.

Zombie bees may reveal answers to the plight of the honey bee.

Female killer whales have an unusually long menopause and now we know why.

The Patagonia glaciers are thinning at a rapid rate.

Earthworms could be used to detoxify household waste.

Where you live might have an impact on your health.

Trees and other plants are more effective than thought at reducing city pollution.

A drug made from Gila Monster saliva reduces the craving for food.

Astronomers have discovered a “super Earth” through the Hubble telescope.

The air warms, the light turns golden and spring is on the horizon; it’s time to get started in the garden. Here’s how to get your seed and seedlings off to the best start, so they flourish in the warmer months