Nothing says summer like a juicy, red, sweet cold slice of watermelon. Mark Twain once wrote that tasting a watermelon is to know "what the angels eat.” However, Twain and his friends were ...

The Renaissance still life depicts a sliced watermelon with a knife resting over pinkish, pale flesh full of dark seeds— much different from the lush reds with only a scattering of seeds that we ...

So James Kennedy, a chemistry teacher in Australia, created some terrific infographics to show just how drastic the evolution has ... still producing new types of watermelon — like the black ...

This Egyptian painting shows the distinctive stripes of a watermelon-like fruit. Courtesy of the researchers You may think of watermelon as a red, sweet taste of summer. The watermelon itself is ...

Behind the rind: New genomic insights into watermelon evolution, quality, and resilience. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 08 / 230811143826.htm ...

The findings, recently published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, provide clues for archaeologists piecing together the history of watermelon domestication. And understanding the fruit’s past ...