Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It was a testing summer for many gardeners in the UK. In Yorkshire, where a hosepipe ban has been in place ...

What to do if you inherit a garden that isn’t your style? Tiffany Daneff visits the garden at Hampnett House, Gloucestershire — home of Mr Sanjeev Shah and Ms Mansi Amin — and finds a space that has ...

Illustration of Cistus ladanifer flower, Common names include gum rockrose, labdanum, common gum cistus, and brown-eyed rockrose. isolated on white background. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once ...

Portrait of primeval caveman wearing animal skin standing in his cave at night, holding torch with fire – a vivid image that brings to life the Neanderthals whose ingenuity was recently uncovered in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effects of heavy metals on the growth, mineral composition (P, K, Fe and Mn) and metal accumulation of five populations of Cistus ...

Archaeologists who discovered a cave used by early humans some 60,000 years ago have made an incredible discovery, giving insight into the complexity of early humans. They found a pit dug into the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Neandertals really knew their way around a fire. In a sea cave sheltered from the blustery winds of Gibraltar, our ancient cousins created a hearth capable of making tar from nearby plants, a new ...

Scientists created a spear using tar they produced from a makeshift hearth to test whether Neanderthals might have used similar methods to obtain tar. Ochando et al., Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 ...

Abstract: Smart agricultural solutions contemplate the use of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to optimize resource use and decision-making. This study proposes deploying a LoRabased WSN to monitor ...