Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before ...

More than 8,000 years ago, ancient farming communities in Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically, using art to ...

The secret to its rapid transit is in its chemistry. Ethanol, to give booze its proper name, is a tiny, agile molecule. It has a backbone of two carbon atoms and is soluble in water. It can hop over ...

In Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Indus valley, the first urban settlements were built around irrigated farmland. Flooded terrace fields for rice, corn and quinoa accompanied the spread of civilization in ...

Cape Town and Chennai in recent years endured punishing droughts. Similar conditions afflicted Bengaluru and Hyderabad last ...

The fall of the world’s earliest cities has long looked like a riddle of vanished peoples and abandoned streets. A growing ...

Traditional economic theory celebrates banks as intermediaries that mobilise savings and convert them into productive investments. Joseph Schumpeter, the great economist of innovation, described banks ...

When you think about climate disasters, your mind probably goes to hurricanes or wildfires. Maybe you picture melting ice ...

New research suggests the Indus Valley Civilization was reshaped by centuries of river drought, migration, and climate stress ...

Expansion is key to growing your farming empire and increasing your profit margins. To ensure you handle the process of purchasing new plots appropriately, and make the best choices regarding that ...

Farming Simulator 22 is the latest installment in the franchise from Giants Software. Here you'll learn about the basic features of the game including Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, and more ...

The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.