It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams. Well, sort of. Not in the same way you or I might scream. Rather, they emit popping or clicking noises ...

A new plant-leaf-poking sensor could soon help them do so, by sending an alert as soon as the plant gets stressed. Plants of all types continuously produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as part of ...

Most of us will probably have heard of the 1980s tip of popping a soluble aspirin into the vase water of cut flowers to extend their life. Or, if you aren’t quite as old as I am, maybe you will ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, south of Los Osos, Calif., is seen in this undated photo. Its life has been extended to 2030. San Diego County’s nuclear power plant, San Onofre ...

But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it’s a science experiment ... who has been a preschool teacher and director for 14 years. “An educator of older children would look ...

Today, Finkbeiner is 19—and Plant-for-the-Planet ... Finkbeiner has an answer for skeptics who doubt the science of climate change. “If we follow the scientists and we act and in 20 years ...

There are various plants that have long been used for medicinal reasons. Some scientific research backs their use as ways to help improve your health. Many herbs and teas offer harmless subtle ...

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An international team of researchers used advances in environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis to detect evidence of several plants known for ... Laura is Popular Science’s news editor, overseeing ...

Altogether, 320 years passed before biologists found the tree crowding out native plants, researchers report in the March Nature Ecology & Evolution. The sycamore maple’s lag between charmer and ...