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10-21-2020

Interesting Plants Found in Temperate Deciduous Forests

There are some incredibly interesting plants found in temperate deciduous...

10-19-2020

A Gardener’s Guide to Neem Oil Uses

Neem oil is something of a panacea for gardeners. Neem...

09-25-2020

The History of Thyme (Plus Uses of Thyme)

Thyme is a beloved herb for many human beings on...

09-15-2020

Rhubarb Benefits, Uses, and the Holy Grail of Pie

A traditional summer delicacy for some and a culinary curiosity...

09-11-2020

St. John’s Wort Uses And Gardening Tips

Cheery yellow blooms and powerful medicinal properties make St. John’s...

09-03-2020

Borage Flower (Starflower) Gardening Tips and Uses

Borage flowers provide delightful splashes of blue for your garden....

08-28-2020

A Gardener’s Guide to Perennial Identification

As a plant geek and gardener, I get asked 'what...

08-24-2020

5 of the Most Poisonous Tropical Rainforest Plants

Plants, unlike animals, can’t run or hide when predators come...

08-20-2020

Top Uses for Ginseng

[Disclaimer: Nothing in this article should be taken as medical...

While it is known that plants have the incredible ability to develop flowers, roots, roots, branches based on cues from their environment, not as much is understood about the underlying mechanisms that drive variations in plant shapes.

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10-13-2020

Two competing proteins determine plant shapes

While it is known that plants have the incredible ability to develop flowers, roots, roots,...

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Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) are shedding new light on the remarkable ability of plant stem cells, or meristems, to block out viruses

10-11-2020 Plants

Study reveals how the tips of plants block viruses

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA have turned their attention to campus food, which represent some of the largest indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the college.

10-10-2020 Lifestyle

Healthier campus food could reduce carbon emissions

For the last seven years, the University of California system...

In an effort to identify the tropical plants that existed in closed-canopy rainforests, and also to understand where on Earth these ecosystems existed millions of years ago, scientists analyze the vegetation that is contained in the fossil teeth of extinct animals

10-05-2020 Plants

Plants from ancient rainforests can be identified in fossil teeth

In an effort to identify the tropical plants that existed...

According to a new study from American University, spinach can be converted into carbon nanosheets to serve as a catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells.

10-05-2020 Plants

Spinach can be used to power fuel cells

Spinach is not only good for charging up the body,...

Within the next three decades, alien species will increase by more than 35 percent compared to 2005, according to a new study from University College London.

10-01-2020 Animals

Alien species will increase by the thousands over the next three decades

Within the next three decades, alien species will increase by...

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09-28-2020 Plants

Machine learning identifies 4,300 types of endangered orchids

Scientists have demonstrated how artificial intelligence can be used to...

The scientists propose that combining the expertise of farmers with high-tech breeding could unleash the potential to make crops more resilient to climate change.

09-27-2020 Plants

Farmers can help make crops more resilient

In a new study published by Frontiers, researchers emphasize that...

The study has revealed that Arctic air pollution is much worse than what was previously realized.

09-25-2020 Environment

Tree rings reveal the shocking extent of Arctic air pollution

An international team of researchers led by the University of...

The researchers found that high-elevation biodiversity hotspots will be substantially reduced over the next three decades without urgent intervention.

09-24-2020 Plants

Biodiversity hotspots are shrinking in the Andes mountains

A new study published by Frontiers is one of the...

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Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) are exposing secrets about the late-night foraging habits of fringe-lipped bats based on the DNA contents of their poop.

10-25-2020 Animals

Hunting habits of fringe-lipped bats revealed in their poop

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) are exposing...

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science have analyzed the immune system capabilities of elkhorn coral, or Acropora palmata, which has become increasingly rare in the Caribbean

10-24-2020 Animals

The Caribbean coral Acropora palmata will not vanish without a fight

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of...

In collaboration with Dr. Thomas Dececchi, Dr. Pittman has expanded the flight origins investigation to include Scansoriopterygids, an unusual group of theropods that used bat-like wings for gliding.

10-23-2020 Animals

Rare dinosaurs used bat-like wings for gliding

Earlier this year, Dr. Michael Pittman of the University of...

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Today's Video of the Day from the USGS describes a powerful derecho storm that devastated farm fields across Iowa in August.

10-25-2020 Animals

Derecho storm destroys more than 6 million acres of crops

10-24-2020 Featured Videos

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10-23-2020 Science

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10-22-2020 Featured Videos

OSIRIS-REx touches an ancient asteroid

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Today's Video of the Day from the University of Arizona Health Sciences reveals that COVID-19 inhibits a pain signaling pathway in the body

10-21-2020 Science

How do people have COVID-19 without symptoms?

Today's Video of the Day from the University of Arizona...

Today's Video of the Day from the European Space Agency describes the Space Safety Program, which aims to address major threats to our planet from hazards such as asteroids and space weather.

10-20-2020 Science

Protecting Earth from space hazards

Today's Video of the Day from the European Space Agency...

10-19-2020 Nature

Monitoring Earth’s surface from space

Today's Video of the Day from the European Space Agency...

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