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Plant Sciences: Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specializes in this field.
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FEB 15, 2020Earth & The Environment
Earth's dryland ecosystem covers 41% of the world's surface and roughly a third of the world’s population ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 13, 2020Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Have you noticed trees and other vegetation in your city turning green earlier than usual? A new study from Iowa State U ...Written By: Tiffany DazetFEB 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are the world’s fastest land animal; their powerful hind legs give them incredible launching power and th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Colorado was one of the first two states in the US, together with Washington, to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012 ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can be dangerous disease vectors, and they infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people with illnesses lik ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Plants & Animals
There are at least 17 known species of horned lizard belonging to the genus Phrynosoma, but the giant horned lizard (Phr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2020Plants & Animals
While perusing the confines of the Mgahinga National Park in Uganda earlier this month, a team of conservationists were ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2020Technology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego now have a better understanding of the social behavior of insets t ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Under federal law, cannabis is illegal and considered a class 1 drug, meaning that it is perceived to have no medical va ...FEB 06, 2020Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the most recent revelations ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 04, 2020Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2020Plants & Animals
Polar bears realize that food can be scarce at times, and that’s a problem considering just how much they like to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2020Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that our collective misuse of tropical ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2020Plants & Animals
Most fish probably cringe at the idea of beaching themselves on purpose, especially since they can’t breathe out o ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2020Plants & Animals
A class of two-legged carnivorous dinosaur dubbed noasaurids are said to have existed in later half of the Cretaceous Er ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2020Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Exeter report in Nature Climate Change their findings of a new "natural climate ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 31, 2020Health & Medicine
A new study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that medical marijuana may not aid slee ...JAN 30, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar ...Written By: Daniel DuanJAN 28, 2020Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2020Earth & The Environment
Humans have depended on ocean resources for centuries. However, a recent analysis of the state of the ocean showed a sha ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 27, 2020Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Earth's dryland ecosystem covers 41% of the world's surface and roughly a third of the world’s population
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 13, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Scientific studies are revealing just how humans have impacted the environment over the past few centuries. Recently, sc
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you noticed trees and other vegetation in your city turning green earlier than usual? A new study from Iowa State U
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
FEB 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are the world’s fastest land animal; their powerful hind legs give them incredible launching power and th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Colorado was one of the first two states in the US, together with Washington, to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most fish spend almost all of their lives in a body of water, be it the ocean or some smaller lake or stream. Mudskipper
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can be dangerous disease vectors, and they infect and kill hundreds of thousands of people with illnesses lik
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Plants & Animals
There are at least 17 known species of horned lizard belonging to the genus Phrynosoma, but the giant horned lizard (Phr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2020
Plants & Animals
While perusing the confines of the Mgahinga National Park in Uganda earlier this month, a team of conservationists were
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2020
Technology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego now have a better understanding of the social behavior of insets t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Under federal law, cannabis is illegal and considered a class 1 drug, meaning that it is perceived to have no medical va
...
FEB 06, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the most recent revelations
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
When large schools of sardines materialize in the oceans, it can be a spectacular sight. In some cases, however, the sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Polar bears realize that food can be scarce at times, and that’s a problem considering just how much they like to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Research published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution reports that our collective misuse of tropical
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most fish probably cringe at the idea of beaching themselves on purpose, especially since they can’t breathe out o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2020
Plants & Animals
A class of two-legged carnivorous dinosaur dubbed noasaurids are said to have existed in later half of the Cretaceous Er
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Exeter report in Nature Climate Change their findings of a new "natural climate
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 31, 2020
Health & Medicine
A new study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that medical marijuana may not aid slee
...
JAN 30, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Infrared spectroscopy is a popular scientific method to identify and study molecules based on their absorption of infrar
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JAN 28, 2020
Plants & Animals
Slugs are slow, and this makes them easy targets for predators however big or small they might be. Here, we see that a s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Humans have depended on ocean resources for centuries. However, a recent analysis of the state of the ocean showed a sha
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard