Scientists made fake leaves and dropped them in water tanks to observe how different shapes move as they sink.

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Researchers studied how plants search for water when soil becomes dry. Plants normally grow roots downward due to gravity.

While it can produce stunning blooms, this tree’s odor has been compared to dead fish, vomit, and urine, to name just a few undesirable things.

Since the inhabitants of Jemna in southern Tunisia wrested control of their 100-year-old palm grove from the state during the ...

As Jason Davalos gets ready to graduate from CSUSB's Palm Desert Campus, he offers a simple message to students: "Don't ...