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Growing ordinary apples and strawberries in your garden is satisfying, but there's something particularly exciting about harvesting exotic fruits that your neighbors have never seen. Contrary to ...
Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.
We’ve got to keep an eye on how they are growing to make sure they will achieve the right shape, then we have to keep shaping them, so they maintain the traditional Christmas tree shape ...
A new study led by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden has uncovered a ...
Two of the holiday season's superstars, Balsam Hill and Twinkly, teamed up to create a smart Christmas tree that left us wonderstruck.
Genetics does not get much of a look-in when it comes to the social sciences. That is a legacy from the dark days of eugenics, when researchers like Francis Galton thought genius was hereditary ...
Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years. The evacuation was a joint mission between the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ...
Did you know there's an insect that can fling its pee 40 times faster than a cheetah accelerates? We did — thanks to a comic ...
Researchers at the Linkoping University in Sweden have developed a soft and malleable battery that can take any form or shape ...
A 2,200-year-old pyramid-shaped structure and artifacts were uncovered in the Judean Desert, reshaping history. The IAA-led dig near Nahal Zohar invites volunteers to help uncover its purpose.
Fifty years after Monty Python and the Holy Grail redefined comedy, stars Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam look back on the freedoms – and limitations – that shaped the film. An independent ...