Now, a new study of past DNA and archaeological remains provides evidence that a sizeable migration occurred from northern Europe to early medieval England (also known by the ahistorical term “Anglo-Saxon England”). (Wednesday September 28th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Edinburgh is home to some remarkable charitable and third sector organisations. It was an absolute pleasure and honour to visit Garvald on Gorgie Road, which provides day services for adults over the age of 16 with learning disabilities. (Tuesday September 27th, 2022 — Edinburgh News )

Grand Canyon buffalo have also developed some unique behaviors to adapt to their protected home. Though they can weigh between 700 and 2,000 pounds, the bison living at the park have learned to move quietly and stealthily across the landscape, likely to avoid attracting attention to themselves. This behavior has inspired a quirky nickname for them: forest ninja bison. (Tuesday September 27th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Common Good, a nonprofit non-bank financial institution for community empowerment; Rudolf Steiner Foundation, a donor-advised fund; and 104 local lenders and investors provided earlier contributions. (Tuesday September 27th, 2022 — Greenfield Recorder )

The decline in amphibians likely led to a surge in malaria-spreading mosquitoes, since amphibian tadpoles eat mosquito larvae, according to New Scientist’s Clare Wilson. (Monday September 26th, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

After a hand excavation on the lakebed, the craft was carefully transported from Lake Mendota to the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison for preservation and storage. (Sunday September 25th, 2022 — Daily Kos)

The device uses an F5 PRO quadcopter with a metal detector Klymenko designed suspended underneath it as it flies. A built-in gyroscope detects the effect of wind on the drone. The mine detector can fly for a duration of 20 to 30 minutes and a distance of up to five miles, though these parameters could change with more expensive equipment. (Friday September 23rd, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

Biodynamic and organic farming have a lot in common, but according to Osburn, "biodynamic takes it many steps further, and it really focuses on the actual farm itself, like the microcosm. You want to enrich, nourish, and allow your microcosm to thrive, so you're using a lot of local preparations, you're bringing in livestock, you're installing beehives probably, you're planting cover crops to include more diversity, and you really want the soils to speak, you want them to be alive. And that's where it all starts, in the soil. So it's about really making your microcosm thrive with a biodiverse system." (Thursday September 22nd, 2022 — Tasting Table)

Once a niche practice, it is becoming more popular with hobbyists. It focuses on creating optimal conditions for bees to make honey, while also mimicking how Apis mellifera lives in the wild. (Wednesday September 21st, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

The stunning, colorful flooring depicts 17 iconographies of birds and animals (Wednesday September 21st, 2022 — Smithsonian Magazine - Washington DC USA)

. In a nutshell, steiner training emphasises on the whole child and assembly the ones desires – bodily, academic, non secular and emotional. (Wednesday September 21st, 2022 — Daily Hover)

Streams of light perforate the intricate jaali screens, creating a sublime effect of lighting and depth. Along with energy-saving lights, this architectural feature helps keep the building's carbon footprint low and is one of the reasons the office has a Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating, the US Green Building Council’s highest sustainability certification. (Tuesday September 20th, 2022 — BBC online)

The world, indeed, may be better off with all these ants. By tunneling, they aerate soil and drag seeds underground to sprout. They serve as a source of food for untold arthropods, birds and mammals. While carpenter ants are pesky to homeowners, forests would be stacked to the brim with dead wood without the decomposing power of wood-destroying insects. (Monday September 19th, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

On Friday, eight of these wild cats, the world’s fastest land animals, were flown from Namibia in Africa to India as part of an effort to reintroduce them into the country. The global population of cheetahs is 6,500 to 7,100, according to a list of threatened animals from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Africa is home to most of the cheetahs, which are extinct across Asia, except in Iran. They are disappearing in large part because of poaching, shrinking habitats and a loss of prey. (Saturday September 17th, 2022 — Washington Post - Washington DC USA)

The thriving one-acre plot was established last year at the West Lexham wellness retreat centre near Swaffham. Despite this year's bone-dry conditions, it has delivered "terrific" crops including heritage tomatoes, squashes, aubergines and salad delicacies. (Thursday September 15th, 2022 — Eastern Daily Press - UK)

There are hundreds of Biodynamic and Organic wines available in the U.S., but these are some of our favorites. (Thursday September 15th, 2022 — Yahoo Finance)

Biodynamic farming has proven to be one of real value. Over 800 wine producers in more than 20 countries have earned the Demeter certification. (Thursday September 15th, 2022 — Worth)

Artist of the Month at Gallery 246 is Lucia Birkenkrane. Born in London, England, she grew up in Berlin, Germany, finishing high school there. As a child, Lucia attended the Waldorf School that greatly emphasized art and creativity at a very young age. When the young artist began painting with watercolors, Lucia was inspired by a very old Catholic Church, the Saints, botanicals, and the architecture in Germany. (Wednesday September 14th, 2022 — Batesville Daily Guard)

Biodynamics encompasses the restrictions of agrochemicals, just like organics, but goes further in codifying a whole system of agriculture with proscribed animal, mineral and plant-based preparations and treatments designed to support the health of the farm as a whole. It also follows a calendar based around the movement of the moon and the stars that determines when to do what on the farm. (Sunday September 11th, 2022 — Stuff.co.nz)

The Camphill Communities of Ireland farm in Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary, has developed a craft dairy project and carried out farm improvements after receiving LEADER funding through South Tipperary Development Company, and assistance from the Mockler family trust fund, longstanding supporters of Grangemockler community. (Sunday September 11th, 2022 — Agriland - Ireland)