We've all heard about counting the rings inside a tree trunk to discover its age. But there are other ways to determine a tree's age without chopping it down.

Indigenous people have long used fire to care for the land, and tree rings suggest those fires helped mitigate drought and other climatic factors.

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The list of NBA players with 10 All-Defensive team selections is studded with all-time greats. Draymond Green wants to add ...

Draymond Green is a Hall of Fame lock with four titles, but at 35 he’s still driven to be the toughest defender in the game.

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Decades later, the family of IU track star “the Mongo Miler” learned how he really died during World War II. And on Veterans Day, they want to share.

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An application to extradite Neville van der Westhuizen to Ireland to face trial will take place when he has finished serving ...