"The Santa Cruz Orchid Society and the Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai club will co-host their respective shows on May 3 and 4 at the Capitola Mall (in the space previously occupied by the Sears store).

Origami—the art of paper folding that originated in Japan centuries ago—could open a new frontier in innovative materials, ...

Origami—the Japanese art of folding paper—could be the next frontier in innovative materials. Practiced in Japan since the ...

According to an HGTV tutorial, in Ikebana, flowers are arranged in odd numbers only and by height to create depth in a small area. The first flower is tallest; the second is three-quarters the height ...

Just a few cells thick, these layered communities of microbes anchor themselves to solid surfaces at interfaces — where rocks meet salt water in tide pools, between plants and dirt in ... biofilm had ...

One of the most basic problems with robotic arms and similar systems is keeping the weight down, as more weight requires a more rigid frame and stronger actuators. Cable-driven systems are a ...

Agriculture's impact on insect diversity is more severe than previously thought, according to a new study from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. Scientists from the Faculty of Physics ...

After identifying the plant, it provides care instructions and interesting facts. Users can also listen to plant facts in English or Arabic. The app uses Hugging Face models for plant classification, ...

With a glorious assortment of paints, each artist could create a pot that any plant would be proud to reside in! There were flowers, letters, mountain scenes, animals, and abstracts in the assortment ...