MANGALURU, India — Ganapathi Bhat goes to work most mornings carrying a home-made contraption consisting of a small motor, a rudimentary seat and a set of wheels — all expertly combined to help the ...

The areca palm, with its lush tropical fronds, can be a stunning indoor statement plant when given the right care. From mimicking its native Madagascar light conditions to balancing watering and ...

Farming is all too often underappreciated. While we take the massive tractors and harvesters of the modern age for granted, there are still some fields where mechanization and its efficiencies are a ...

A young man from Vietnam's Mekong Delta has gone viral for his lightning-fast ability to scale tall areca palm trees. Within 40 seconds, he can climb, harvest a full bunch of areca nuts, and return to ...