The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

Bioethanol made from fermented agricultural waste can be turned into zero-carbon hydrogen through a new process that uses ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

This discovery shows ancient Amazon peoples had much more sophisticated farming techniques than we thought, and their methods could help us develop more sustainable farming practices in the future." ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago ...

even reflecting historical events such as the conquest of Greece by the Romans. The Aegean region gave rise to some of the earliest cultures of ancient Europe. The research team investigated when ...

Some communities have developed techniques to help them carry heavier loads. Here's what we can learn from them.

Some communities have developed techniques to help them carry heavier ... more than 4,000 years and can be traced back to ancient Egypt, Greece and China. Writings, statues and artefacts such ...

Women in Ancient Greece and Rome worked in agriculture and not only in domestic chores. Photo of Attic cosmetics box depicting women producing wool. Credit: Caenciliusinhorto CC BY-SA 4.0 Most ...

Experts have called for adaptation to modern and safer farming methods to discourage human induced (anthropogenic) methane emission from prevalent crude agricultural practices that worsen climate ...