The best men's colognes of 2025 include new launches from Le Labo and updates on classics such as Terre d'Hermes. Here are the ones worth buying.

2. Rock roses Cistus, commonly known as rock roses, are pretty resilient shrubs. They thrive in poor soils and, thanks to their Mediterranean roots, they make brilliant shrubs for full sun locations.

Herbal supplements are increasingly popular for their purported health benefits, but studies have shown the potential for liver toxicity. For instance, a woman was recently hospitalized for liver ...

We've rounded up the best drought-tolerant plants for pots that guarantee a successful summer garden – even in a heatwave!

We’re highlighting the plight of the Swift at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival 2025 (1–6 July). The Swift Garden invites you to reimagine what it means to give nature a home – on the ...

Angkak (red mold rice, red yeast rice, Chinese red rice) is a traditional Chinese medicine produced by solid-state fermentation of cooked non-glutinous rice with Monascus species. The secondary ...

The Good Samaritan, from the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (early sixth century) Art selection and commentary by Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons June 6, 2019 Interviews ...

Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) is a C4 perennial grass species native to Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and widely used for feed cattle in the region. In this study, we sequenced the genomes of 450 ...

Abstract Solvent extraction of red pigments from fermented solids is reported. The pigments were produced by solid-state fermentation of oil palm frond (OPF) biomass with the food-safe fungus Monascus ...

Drought-tolerant plants bloom heartily through heat waves and dry summers, without watering. Hazel Sillver looks at some of the best ones to grow ...

Greek herbs are used across the country and the world in cooking, for their flavor, and in medicine for their healing properties.