The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

All tree leaves have an outer layer called the epidermis, which can also be used in the identification process. This leaf "skin" always has a waxy cover called the cuticle and varies in thickness.

In May 2025, a news report revealed that the RSF militia in Sudan broke into warehouses and looted $75 million worth of gum ...

Amid battles and food insecurity across Sudan, many people are turning to weeds and wild plants to sustain them. They boil ...

South Sudan’s economy contracted by 24.5 per cent last year, mainly due to the collapse in oil exports and its knock-on effects, according to an estimate by Andreu Paddack, sub-Saharan Africa ...

This week marks three years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, in an historic ruling that changed the landscape of abortion access. Since that decision came down, abortion rates ...

June 22, 2025 (DARFUR) – The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said on Sunday he wanted to resolve disputes with Egypt through dialogue, a shift ...

A binder plays an important role in stabilizing the electrode structure and improving the cyclic stability of batteries. However, the traditional binders are no longer satisfactory in lithium–sulfur ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has issued a stark warning on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan, spotlighting the brutal resurgence of violence in the Darfur and ...

While conflict isn’t inevitable, a convergence of familiar patterns in South Sudan has significantly increased the risk of renewed violence.

But Sudan’s war is far from over. In recent days the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the army’s main adversary, advanced into the strategic borderlands between Sudan and its northern neighbours ...