Rates for home loans ticked up fractionally but stayed in the same narrow range they’ve been in for several months. In the week ending March 20, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.67% ...

PORTLAND (WGME)--- Clouds and fog will make for a gloomy first day of spring in Maine. Rain and snow will move in Friday with much nicer weather on tap for the weekend. The first day of spring on ...

A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com. The Nature Index is a database of ...

Controlling nature by bulldozing dirt and pouring concrete has long been the guiding vision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For 250 years that ethos inspired both awe and disgust.

The OECD downgraded world GDP projections for this year and next, with America's neighbours Mexico and Canada, led by Mark Carney (pictured) hardest hit The global economy is ‘steering through ...

The findings, published March 17 in Nature Human Behaviour, reveal that while key aspects of brain organization are present from birth, there's also significant capacity for flexibility and ...

Simply looking at nature – or even just digital pictures of it – can relieve pain, according to new research which scanned the brains of people receiving electrical shocks. Nature's many health ...

In nature, the universe does not favor perfect spheres. Instead, it favors spirals, vortices, and toroidal flows. Galaxies do not form as perfect spheres; they coil into majestic spirals.

When I arrived at lunchtime on a gloomy September day, I was immediately presented ... pretty fabrics and William Morris wallpaper; no two rooms are the same. A key part of his ethos is training staff ...

A new study has shown that watching your favourite nature documentary or looking at wildlife can physically ease your pain. Academics at the University of Exeter and the University of Vienna have ...

A gloomy new forecast is depressing the amount of state tax revenue Hawaii’s Legislature has available to finalize its budget for the next two fiscal years. A 2.25% revenue decline would shave $ ...