Let’s Talk Food: Plant-based foods
Did you ever wonder what we will be eating in 10 or 20 years?
Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Hundreds of tourists, many of them young Westerners, sat on gray stone steps atop the world’s largest Buddhist temple, occasionally checking cellphones or whispering to each other as they waited for daylight.
Volcano Watch: What does water in Halema‘uma‘u mean?
The slowly deepening pond of water on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u, the first in recorded history, has captured the interest of media and the public, locally and nationally. Many questions are being asked. The two most frequent are where is the water coming from and what is its importance.
Tropical Gardening: Vegetables and annual flowers thrive in big city summer gardens
On the way to Colombia, we are staying for a while in Harlem to get a sense of life away from home.
A beast stomps into the Palace Theater on Friday
Ocean alert!
An unbelievable terror rises from the depths of the sea with a monstrous appetite for destruction!
Tropical Gardening: That tropical look can be achieved with the right plants
On our way to Colombia, we have seen gardens with a lush tropical look even in New York City. The long hot summers on the East Coast gives gardeners the opportunity to use authentic tropicals until the first frost.
Volcano Watch: HVO now tracking ponds of water, not lava, at Kilauea’s summit
The recent appearance of water at the bottom of Halemaumau, a crater at the summit of Kilauea Volcano, has attracted wide attention and generated many questions.
Around the Legoland world in 13 days — father and son’s epic journey ends in Florida
If you’re a certain age, the word “Lego” immediately sparks fond memories and joy. The fun brick-building toy captured the hearts and minds of a generation.
Where to find California’s moon trees, grown from seeds taken aboard an Apollo mission
You can thank Stuart Roosa for what have become known as America’s moon trees.
New massacres a jolt for clergy who coped with past attacks
As Americans reel from back-to-back massacres in Texas and Ohio, religious leaders who experienced violence in their houses of worship are venting their anger at the persisting violence and trying to help their congregants persevere.
Let’s Talk Food: It’s all about chili peppers
Chili peppers are an integral part of many foods around world.
Let’s Talk Food: Raising nenue
My hanai brother, Syd Kraul, grew nenue fish from eggs that he got from the brood stock at Kampachi Worldwide Holdings, also known as Kampachi Farms, in two holding tanks at OTEC in Kailua-Kona. Most fishermen think of this fish as a “rubbish” fish as it eats limu and often tastes like grass or, interestingly, can be described as “fishy.” When gutted, the gut smells pretty bad, as it lives off a diet of limu and sand.
Volcano Watch: Water or no water? That is — or was — the question
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists usually base their research on observations, either visual or instrumental. Interpretations come from these observations, so they must be as good as possible. Incorrect observations can lead, and have led, to erroneous interpretations.
Tropical Gardening: Long hot summer sees plant and people pests increase
We are on our way to coastal Colombia and for sure preparing ourselves for all the tropical diseases to which we might be exposed.
Czech stud farm makes UNESCO’s World Heritage list
KLADRUBY NAD LABEM, Czech Republic — A Czech stud farm founded 440 years ago to breed and train ceremonial horses to serve at the Habsburg emperor’s court was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, acknowledging the significance of a tradition that survived for centuries.
Immigrants taking sanctuary in churches hit with huge fines
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Devotional candles to St. Jude, the Holy Trinity and the Virgin of Guadalupe sit on a bookshelf by the door of a classroom in a United Methodist church. A sewing machine is a few feet away between a bed and a set of wicker furniture. In a corner, an electric skillet warming chicken thighs acts as a kitchen.
Let’s Talk Food: It’s 50 years since man walked on the moon
Did you ever wonder what food scientists at NASA put in the shuttles for the astronauts?
Tropical Gardening: South America calls with tropical fruits
Last year’s International Palm Conference in Colombia was amazing, so Voltiare Moise and I decided to go back and see what we can learn about tropical fruits of the Caribbean coast of the South American nation. We also plan to travel via New York City to experience the Caribbean influence on this culturally diverse mega city.
Volcano Watch: Mauna Loa’s 1935 lava flow seen in current media coverage of Maunakea
In ongoing media coverage of demonstrations at the base of the Maunakea Access Road, many hundreds of people can be seen standing on a black lava flow that surrounds the Puʻuhuluhulu Native Tree Sanctuary adjacent to Daniel K. Inouye Highway. That same lava flow continues on the other side of the highway, which traverses the saddle between Mauna Loa and Maunakea.