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Laura Kemp, a technician at The Land Institute, hand harvests an experimental crop of Kernza in Kansas. Scientists think that this perennial crop could help fight climate change by trapping more carbon in the soil.

After A Long Day Of Fighting Climate Change, This Grain Is Ready For A Beer

Kernza is a kind of grassy wheat that traps more carbon in the soil than crops like wheat and rice. Now, a West Coast brewery is using the grain in its new beer called Long Root Ale.

Pack These Pages: 7 Professional Booksellers Select Your Summer Reading

We asked booksellers across the country to share recommendations for books that you can take with you on vacation — or just to the nearest shade tree.

Left: Amuvita Gamage Dayasena, 58, climbs up a kithul palm tree that he is about to tap. Tapping fishtail palm to make palm syrup is only a small part of his livelihood. He also grows tea and vegetables on his farm, seen at right.

Sri Lanka's 'Kithul' Palm Syrup: An Ancient Sweetener In Need Of Saving

Sri Lanka's most popular sweetener is disappearing, due to the destruction of rainforests, inconsistent yields, intensive labor and a fading workforce. And turning the tide isn't going to be easy.

Oysters, shown out of their shell, collect tiny plastic particles while in the water. These microplastics can eventually make their way into your dinner.

Guess What's Showing Up In Our Shellfish? One Word: Plastics

Scientists predict that plastic in the ocean will eventually outweigh the fish there. Where is it all coming from? And is it making our food unsafe? Researchers are trying to find the answers.

Paul Dano stars as a struggling musician, figuring out his role as a father, in Sundance hit "For Ellen."

Cultural Picks for September

Fall is right around the corner and full of possibilities. Culture Lust contributor Alex Morales shares her top 10 arts and culture picks for the month of September.

Salt is unloaded at a maintenance yard in Scio Township, Mich., in September.

Road Salt Contributes To Toxic Chemical Levels In Streams

One of the primary tools that U.S. transportation departments count on to keep roads safe is road salt. But that's meant rising levels of chloride in many northern streams.

Dr. Gabriel Logan is one of two doctors at the Bomi county hospital, which serves a county of 85,000 people. In a desperate attempt to save Ebola patients, he started experimenting with an HIV drug to treat them.

A Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola Regimen

At a government-run hospital in Liberia, Dr. Gabriel Logan is doing everything he can to save Ebola patients. That includes experimenting with an HIV drug as treatment.

Election cake, as made by OWL Bakery in Asheville, N.C.

A History Of Election Cake And Why Bakers Want To #MakeAmericaCakeAgain

Bakers Susannah Gebhart and Maia Surdam are reviving election cake: a boozy, dense fruitcake that was a way for women to participate in the democratic process before they had the right to vote.

A lightning strikes in San Diego, Sept. 19, 2016.

15 Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Strikes Recorded In San Diego County

Many San Diegans woke up to thunderclaps and lightning early Monday. Thousands of homes and businesses experienced power outages, but it wasn't immediately clear if they were caused by the lightning strikes.

In Jerusalem, Syrian Orthodox Christian Nadia Ishaq prepares her burbara porridge with boiled what kernels, raisins, dried plums and dried apricots, topped with ground coconut in the shape of a cross. The holiday honors St. Barbara, an early convert to Christianity, who chose to be beheaded by her father rather than renounce her faith.

A Holy Land Christmas Porridge Honors A Damsel In Distress

Some Christians in Israel and the West Bank celebrate Eid el-Burbara on Dec. 17. The the feast honors St. Barbara, an early convert to Christianity whose story is echoed in the Rapunzel tale.

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