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Plant is a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site. They are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that use photosynthesis to make their own food. A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
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OCT 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2016Plants & Animals
Image Credit: Albertina Pimentel Lima Somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in South America is a strange ki ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
It happened over one year ago, and yet we are still feeling the consequences. It was on October 23, 2015, that SoCalGas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2016Plants & Animals
A species of river dolphin known to the Yangtze River region of China was thought to have gone extinct a decade ago when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 26, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — comprising of seven protected areas — is the longest barrier reef i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 26, 2016Plants & Animals
While on a field trip in Thailand with his colleagues, researcher Colin Strine of Sakaerat Environmental Research Statio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 26, 2016Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 25, 2016Cancer
A study from the University of Japan finds that certain compounds in onions have anticancer effects against ovarian canc ...OCT 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have taken recordings of the behavior of cells in the epidermis as adult limbs regrow fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2016Plants & Animals
Viewed well over 17 million times since its posting on Facebook, an Australian video has gone viral showcasing a huntsma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 23, 2016Videos
Gary King, PhD, Professor of Microbial Biology, Louisiana State University gives a lecture on global climate change and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Lacking any ears like many other spider species, jumping spiders were once thought only to be able to feel vibrations fr ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Cannabis Sciences
About a year ago, researchers reported that cannabinoid compounds may help heal bone fractures. This year, a new study c ...OCT 21, 2016Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are somewhat of a staple in the animal kingdom. It’s one of the first species that comes to mind when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2016Videos
Many plant-based substances can be used for medicinal purposes. Everyone's grandma has at least one or two household rem ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 20, 2016Cannabis Sciences
A new publication in Cell has revealed the three dimensional structure of the cannabinoid receptor, which is responsible ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2016Plants & Animals
While the rusty patched bumble bee was just recommended for endangered species status by the United States Fish and Wild ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes encode for proteins, and proper function of the human body depends on the regulation of the gene expression by the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There has been found to be a trend throughout forests across all different biomes: Wooded areas with more tree species t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Biologists have long been stumped while thinking about where jaw evolution may have begun with life on Earth. One of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2016
Plants & Animals
Image Credit: Albertina Pimentel Lima Somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in South America is a strange ki
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
It happened over one year ago, and yet we are still feeling the consequences. It was on October 23, 2015, that SoCalGas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
A species of river dolphin known to the Yangtze River region of China was thought to have gone extinct a decade ago when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 26, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System — comprising of seven protected areas — is the longest barrier reef i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 26, 2016
Plants & Animals
While on a field trip in Thailand with his colleagues, researcher Colin Strine of Sakaerat Environmental Research Statio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 26, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 25, 2016
Cancer
A study from the University of Japan finds that certain compounds in onions have anticancer effects against ovarian canc
...
OCT 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have taken recordings of the behavior of cells in the epidermis as adult limbs regrow fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
Viewed well over 17 million times since its posting on Facebook, an Australian video has gone viral showcasing a huntsma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
Scientists know that a variety of animal species actually use tools, just like we do, to make life easier, but it’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just over a week ago TripAdvisor, and its booking service Viator, announced that it will no longer be selling tickets to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 23, 2016
Videos
Gary King, PhD, Professor of Microbial Biology, Louisiana State University gives a lecture on global climate change and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Lacking any ears like many other spider species, jumping spiders were once thought only to be able to feel vibrations fr
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A discrepancy between scientists and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) may have red wolf populations, the most endange
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Old experiments have led to the notion that frogs boiled gradually will not try to escape, while a sudden dunk in hot wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
About a year ago, researchers reported that cannabinoid compounds may help heal bone fractures. This year, a new study c
...
OCT 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
Giant pandas are somewhat of a staple in the animal kingdom. It’s one of the first species that comes to mind when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2016
Videos
Many plant-based substances can be used for medicinal purposes. Everyone's grandma has at least one or two household rem
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 20, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
A new publication in Cell has revealed the three dimensional structure of the cannabinoid receptor, which is responsible
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
While the rusty patched bumble bee was just recommended for endangered species status by the United States Fish and Wild
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genes encode for proteins, and proper function of the human body depends on the regulation of the gene expression by the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There has been found to be a trend throughout forests across all different biomes: Wooded areas with more tree species t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan