The leaves of my apple tree have odd spots on them. What is this and what can I do about it? Although there are other possibilities, cedar-apple rust is a possibility, given your description, the wet ...

The caller on the other end of the phone was worried: Her apple trees had suffered severely last year from cedar-apple rust disease, and she wanted to know how to keep them from being attacked again.

This is a plant disease topic we usually talk about later in the season, but with the warm weather we have been having, it’s likely that rust season will start a little earlier this year. And when we ...

You probably own a ton of gadgets made from aluminum and titanium. Lot of ’em by Apple. But did you know that the smooth, brushed finish on the surface of your MacBook or iPod is actually made with a ...