RiverNorth's Series A Preferred: Capital Gains Potential Meets A 6.7% Yield

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund Series A Preferred Shares (RIV.PR.A) offer a 6.7% yield at historic low prices, presenting an ...
Purdue University

Tree Risk Management: What Every Property Owner Needs to Know

Trees provide many benefits for our homes, businesses and properties. If a tree is defective, however, it may become a hazard. It is important to understand that tree owners have a duty to inspect and ...
The Washington Post

Yes, you can make friends with trees. Here’s why it’s a good idea.

RJ Laverne’s childhood home in Detroit had a big elm out front. In fact, the whole neighborhood was lined with them: great, graceful trees whose branches spread across the street to create a shady ...
Town & Country

Japan’s Prime Minister Gifts 250 New Cherry Blossom Trees to the United States

The Japanese government is giving the United States 250 cherry blossom trees to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial this year, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arriving in Washington ...
National Geographic news

Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida. But here's why you shouldn't try to 'save' them.

When temperatures drop, so do the invasive green reptiles. Here’s everything you need to know about cold-stunned iguanas. A person holds an iguana in a residential neighborhood as a cold front moves ...
USA Today

Are trees really exploding in the severe cold? Sort of

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...
Phys.org

Neutral-atom arrays, a rapidly emerging quantum computing platform, get a boost from researchers

Neutral-atom arrays are a rapidly emerging platform to create quantum computers. In a foundational study led by graduate students Aaron Holman and Yuan Xu from the Will and Yu labs, respectively, the ...
The New York Times

Why Is It So Expensive to Cut Down a Tree?

The rising costs of labor and equipment are trickling down to homeowners who need to call “timber!” By Dan Levin What is removing a tree worth? Quotes vary widely, depending on size, risk and ...
Associated Press

Norway donates a Christmas tree to London every year. Here’s how the tradition began

London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square was lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and Oslo in an ...
SpaceNews

Dcubed to demonstrate in-space manufacturing of solar arrays

The ARAQYS-D3 mission by Dcubed will demonstrate the ability to manufacture a solar array 15 meters long in orbit. Credit: Dcubed BREMEN, Germany — German satellite component company Dcubed is moving ...
The Hill

Japan to gift 250 cherry trees to US, prime minister says

Japan will gift 250 cherry trees to the United States in honor of celebrations to mark 250 years since America’s founding, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday. “To have a magnificent ...