On March 20 or 21 each year (depending on the year), Nowruz (also spelled Norooz or Norouz) marks the vernal equinox and commences the Iranian new year. Nowruz (pronounced “no-rooz”) is a 3,000-year-old tradition, which is spread across many days and events. Behind the culture Read more »
Science: Ancient Humans Altered Rainforest
The region’s ecology is a product of 8,000 years of indigenous agriculture. For more than a quarter-century, scientists and the general public have updated their view of the Americas before European contact. The plains and the Eastern forests were not a wilderness, but a Read more »