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How to stay upbeat while working from home during the pandemic

For those of us working from home because our lives have been upended by the coronavirus that is sweeping the world, a light at the end of the tunnel is sometimes all we need.

Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees

Dog sleuths are faster, cheaper and more accurate than people collecting hundreds of leaves for lab analysis, according to the study in the Proceedings of National Academies of Sciences.

Australia's dinosaur-era pines live on after bushfire rescue

The giant prehistoric trees were thought to be extinct until 1994, but then authorities found 200 of them in a national park near the Blue Mountains north-west of Sydney.

Southern California blaze sears homes, orchards, threatens oil fields

Californian firefighters tackled fresh and fast-moving wildfires overnight Thursday, making headway against a number of major blazes that have forced mass evacuations and power cuts.

In pictures: Pakistan's 'Quranic garden' inspired by Islam's holy text

For religious scholars and local visitors, the sight of plants and trees mentioned in the Quran has been uplifting this Ramadan.

Turkish firm produces radiation-blocking x-ray scanner

The firm is also working on a bullet-proof vest manufactured with a cannabis composite.

Illegal plant smuggling a threat to endangered orchids

Orchids are one of the most smuggled plants worldwide. In countries like South Korea, authorities are cracking down on the smuggling business by offering thousand of dollars in exchange for information on the illegal trade.