By George Longenecker Poet Joyce Thomas reminds us that our species is neither omniscient, omnipotent, nor immune from ...

Literary theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has won the 2025 Holberg Prize of Norway, often billed as the Nobel for humanities. The 83-year-old will receive the award of approximately $540,000 during ...

Controlling nature by bulldozing dirt and pouring concrete has long been the guiding vision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For 250 years that ethos inspired both awe and disgust. “In my ...

A backpacker detained in the US is back home in Wales after an emotional airport reunion, her father has confirmed. Becky Burke, 28, had been held in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...

Recent research from Austria has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that simply viewing scenes of nature can significantly reduce pain perception. The study led by a team at the University of ...

Not everybody gets to be buried on their own land after a funeral at their own church, but then again Willie Kingston was not everybody. Friends and neighbours gathered at his west Cork home on ...

NEW ALBANY — The William Faulkner Literary Garden in New Albany has served as a place of connection — for people, literature and nature — for 20 years. Situated behind the Union County ...

As I spy the crocuses blooming in my mother’s front yard, I find other hints of spring all around me: early morning bird songs, warmer daytime temperatures, longer hours of daylight, and the ...

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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 ...

Scientists have successfully mimicked a key step in photosynthesis, using stacked dye molecules to transfer light energy efficiently. This breakthrough could lead to artificial photosynthesis systems ...