In the summer, a handful of sand tossed on the blazing hot stainless-steel surface sent you flying at warp speed towards the ...

Dr. Leah Veronese from Oxford University's English Faculty has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare's famous ...

Traditional plant stands seem to come in two styles: those mid-century-modern ones that stay low to the ground and fit just one big pot, and the more bookshelf-style bamboo units with a few ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Nano-agrochemicals and nanomedicine are two areas of active research. While ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Plants need water to make their own food. This is called photosynthesis. It happens in plant leaves. Plants also need carbon dioxide from air and sunlight to make their food. Slide 1 of 3 ...

Plants play a few very important roles. For example, they provide us with food and they even help us to breathe. JOHNNY P LANT: Plants are amazing, animals depend upon them for grazing from the ...

Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance. By Alissa Wilkinson Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and ...

Whether you’re planting in your yard, on a windowsill, or in a public space, you can help create more bird-friendly habitats with native plants. Find the best plants for your area (and where to get ...

To destroy one rubber tree is to kill one invader.” All told, 10% of all high-value trees and 17,000 of a total 150,000 plantation hectares were ruined. The plantation’s combination of orderly rows of ...

These are so robust that they provide a building material that is stronger than steel and, since bamboo plants grow faster than any other plant, more sustainable than timber. Such oomph considered, ...