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Researchers have mapped the genome of the poppy plant which could help make effective pain treatment production easier and widely accessible.

06-20-2019

History of the Poppy Flower

The history of the poppy flower is a rich one....

06-19-2019

How Do Pineapples Grow?

The pineapple is a tropical fruit that travels far in...

06-15-2019

What Is Chaga? Intro to the Alaskan Medicinal Mushroom

If you haven’t heard of chaga, you aren’t alone. This...

06-05-2019

Top 5 Uses For Bamboo Plants

Belonging to a subfamily of grass, bamboo is one of...

05-25-2019

What Is the Best Rope Plant?

Plants have provided humans with some of the most important...

05-24-2019

How To Get Started Urban Farming

Urban farming is a growing movement around the world. Grandmothers,...

05-17-2019

Vine Plant Identification 101

Vines make an excellent addition to many gardens, indoor or...

05-14-2019

5 Great Anti-Inflammatory Herbs

Inflammation is important. It is a phenomenon that helps the...

05-11-2019

Is a Plant-Based Diet Healthy?

There are many arguments for which kind of diet is...

Researchers have engineered a new family of enzymes to execute a critical step in the conversion of plant waste into high-demand sustainable products.

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06-24-2019

New enzyme can help convert plant waste into high-demand products

An international team of researchers led by the University of Portsmouth has engineered a new...

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During prolonged periods of heat and drought, some plants and trees waste valuable soil moisture in an effort to cool themselves off.

06-24-2019 Plants

Plants and trees can intensify droughts by drawing up large amounts of water

A team of biologists at the University of Utah has...

Researchers have found that plant-foods may act as transmitters for antibiotic-resistant bugs to the human gut biome.

06-22-2019 Plants

Antibiotic-resistant bugs can be transmitted from plants to humans

Researchers have found that plant-foods may act as transmitters for...

Two new studies have found that urban landscapes, specifically how they are managed, could provide a lifeline for important pollinators.

06-21-2019 Animals

City landscapes can actually be very helpful in recovering monarch numbers

It might seem counterintuitive that cities would be the key...

Apples are the archetype of a fruit. But where did this ubiquitous fruit come from? How did it become so widespread?

06-20-2019 Plants

How the apple became such a ubiquitous, iconic fruit across the globe

Nearly every children's book about the alphabet starts with “A...

Researchers have tracked ancient human migration patterns through Oceania and the Pacific islands using paper mulberry plants.

06-20-2019 Lifestyle

Paper mulberry plants help reveal how humans migrated to Oceania

How the Pacific islands of Oceania were first inhabited is...

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A new study has found that marijuana use has both increased and substantially shifted away from the illegal market since retail sales began in 2014.

06-20-2019 Lifestyle

Marijuana use has increased but has moved away from the illegal market

The results of a new study from the University of...

Nestle has committed to 100% responsible palm oil by 2020, but Greenpeace called the company's commitment to monitor its palm oil for deforestation ‘inadequate’.

06-19-2019 Environment

Nestle pledges responsible palm oil sourcing — is it progress or greenwashing?

Palm oil is often talked about for its environmental impact...

This new species provides a compelling example of the fact that sexuality among Earth's living creatures is far more diverse, and interesting, than what is expected.

06-18-2019 Plants

Australian Outback plant species challenges the idea of binary sexuality

A team of scientists led by Bucknell University is describing...

The evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds is a "striking example" of the consequences associated with human activities.

06-18-2019 Plants

Superweeds are becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides

According to the authors of a new study in the...

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Well-meaning conservationists breeding monarch butterflies indoors and releasing them into the wild could be doing more harm than good.

06-24-2019 Animals

Monarch butterflies that are bred in captivity lose their migration ability

Monarch butterflies could well be on their way to extinction,...

Despite the risks to the safety of both humans and animals, wildlife selfies have exploded in popularity in recent years.

06-24-2019 Animals

Taking selfies can put animals in danger by making them too comfortable

This month, wildlife officials in Oregon reported that they had...

When zebrafish were placed in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber that eliminated the visual feedback linked to movement, the fish ultimately decided to give up.

06-23-2019 Animals

Fish are able to ‘give up’ and save energy thanks to gila

When zebrafish were placed in a virtual-reality-equipped chamber that eliminated...

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06-24-2019 Lifestyle

The future of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Today’s Video of the Day from the National Science Foundation (NSF) describes how oceanographic expeditions gather important information about the world’s oceans.

06-23-2019 Science

The mysteries of the world’s oceans

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New thermal zone discovered in Yellowstone

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