Throughout the world, an estimated 800 million people consider cassava root a staple part of their diet. This starchy tuber—also known as yuca, Brazilian arrowroot, and manioc—first originated in ...

Commonly known as ginger root, ginger is actually a flowering plant with bamboo-like stalks and leaves. Flowering stalks emerge from the rhizomes, reaching 1 foot in height with yellow and purple ...

Black-owned media outlets are grappling with the same financial headwinds affecting much of journalism — including declining ad revenue, uncertain digital business models and the challenge of ...

The Root, the last remaining outlet under G/O Media ownership, has been sold. The site was acquired by Ashley Allison, a Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator, through her company ...

Platinum has been considered a precious metal for a couple thousand years now, with folks in both hemispheres using it to show off their conspicuous consumption since about 700 BCE. This is partly ...

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One Equity Partners (“OEP”), a middle market private equity firm, today announced it has agreed to make an investment in Brown & Root Industrial Services (the “Company”), a ...

Chris Cornell once said that people didn’t appreciate the lyrics to “Rusty Cage” until Johnny Cash covered the Soundgarden classic. But this is part of Cash’s legacy and his history of transforming ...

Dealing with plastic waste is a real headache. But with a little help, bacteria can turn plastic into a painkiller. The approach could help reduce plastic pollution and curb reliance on the fossil ...