This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Perhaps no single Christmas custom is more ubiquitous than putting up the Christmas tree. It originated in eastern Europe more than 500 years ago, when people decorated evergreen trees with roses or apples as symbols of Eve and the […]
Read MoreSharpen your knives and mix your poisons with the sneakiest class in Blizzard’s hack-and-slash role-playing game. Diablo 4 features five classes at launch. If you’re a player that wants to deal heavy critical damage using poisons and knives, the Rogue will be the one to choose. Rogue’s abilities are powered by Energy, using agility to […]
Read MoreReady to create your own mini-army in Blizzard’s latest big adventure? Diablo 4 has five classes to choose from, and the Necromancer returns as one of these playable archetypes. Necromancers raise the dead, using blood, bone, and shadow to weave together terrible attacks while skeletons rise and mob enemies. I’ve put together a guide on […]
Read MoreFast-growing, drought-tolerant trees are slowly spreading across grasslands on every continent except Antarctica. Given how desperate we are to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, millions of new saplings sprouting each year might seem like a good thing. But in reality, their spread across vulnerable grasslands and shrublands is upending ecosystems and livelihoods. As these areas […]
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