A microscopic "plant destroyer" not only helped trigger one of the deadliest famines in modern history but also reshaped ...

Instead of relying on the soil for nutrients, plants may grab some of those essentials from airborne particles. Feeding through leaves is already well-established in agriculture — farmers spray liquid ...

Scientists have discovered that moringa seeds can help pull microplastics out of water, rivaling standard chemical treatments. The plant-based extract causes plastic particles to clump together, ...

Imagine your houseplant sending you a message: “I’m thirsty — could you water me?” Or a rice field alerting a farmer to a disease outbreak before a single leaf shows visible damage. These scenarios ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a ...

Starre Vartan is an environmental and science journalist. She holds an MFA degree from Columbia University and Geology and English degrees from Syracuse University. Echeveria comes in many sizes, ...

Enhanced technologies and research standards for plant research could help strengthen the contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery. Plants can be frustratingly inconsistent. With ...

What is the NOVA method of food classification? Food processing ensures safety and shelf life by transforming raw components into new products. In the last several decades, this has changed in ...

Before they cannonballed into the menswear mainstream, the best cropped T-shirts were DIY'd at home with a pair of scissors. But the good news is that what started as a trend on TikTok (CropTok, if ...

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