He said, "bye." Ammon Shea's new book (Perigee/Penguin 2010) is called The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everybody Uses But No One Reads. Our illustrations come from the magical pen ...

Flowers have long inspired artists, but could they be artists themselves? A new Saatchi Gallery exhibition explores their ...

Their study analyzed three groups of trees over the last two decades. Scientists make astonishing discovery about how trees have memories — here's the one that helps them survive first appeared on The ...

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of 'life-like' synthetic materials which are able to move by themselves like worms. Scientists have been investigating a new class of materials ...

Its team applies artificial intelligence to predict how plant genomics drive performance in specific geographies and ...

Peat bogs sequester a huge amount of carbon dioxide. But as scientists work to better understand bogs' sequestration, they're under threat.

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

A perfectly cooked fillet steak is arguably the epitome of good eating. Its humbler cousin, the pack of minced beef, is one ...