Silvics deals with the underlying principles of the growth and development of individual trees and the forest as biological units (Smith 1986).

But go anywhere else in the Middle East and Zionism stands for theft, oppression, racist exclusionism.

Household chemicals are about as personal as modern science gets. We are surrounded by hundreds of them every day — they're in our furnishings, our cosmetics, our vinyl floor tiles and plastic baby bottles. […] Are they too much of a good thing?

Liuchiu Island can be visited as a relaxing day trip, but it’s more fun to spend the night. Indeed, the island is at its most attractive in the evening when the lights from Kaohsiung glimmer on the tranquil sea.