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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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AUG 18, 2015Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 17, 2015Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2015Cancer
Deep in the soil of Ghana are compounds that could help scientists to understand a group of naturally-occurring chemical ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 11, 2015Videos
The atmosphere of Earth wasn't always full of oxygen. At one point, the world was void of multi-cellular organisms, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 07, 2015Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 06, 2015Technology
It seems like not even just a couple of weeks ago, Chrysler was under fire after hackers were able to barge into the com ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2015Videos
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Lab installed two beehives in 2010 and 2011 in order to help p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 30, 2015Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2015Cannabis Sciences
Admit it. When the subject of hemp comes up, some of us would think of two dudes in a Volkswagen bus selling scratchy cl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 28, 2015Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2015Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 24, 2015Microbiology
Antibiotics keep farm animals healthy and promote their growth, but excessive antibiotic use no doubt contributes to ant ...Written By: Kerry Evans
AUG 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
There are two images most people have of bears. One is that of a teddy bear, cuddly, cute and fun to have around. Anothe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 17, 2015
Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2015
Cancer
Deep in the soil of Ghana are compounds that could help scientists to understand a group of naturally-occurring chemical
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
A new report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina states that blooms of toxic
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 11, 2015
Videos
The atmosphere of Earth wasn't always full of oxygen. At one point, the world was void of multi-cellular organisms, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2015
Plants & Animals
In modern science, studies have to be conducted so that results can be verified and reproduced if necessary. There is a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 06, 2015
Technology
It seems like not even just a couple of weeks ago, Chrysler was under fire after hackers were able to barge into the com
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2015
Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 05, 2015
Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2015
Videos
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Lab installed two beehives in 2010 and 2011 in order to help p
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 30, 2015
Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 29, 2015
Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
Admit it. When the subject of hemp comes up, some of us would think of two dudes in a Volkswagen bus selling scratchy cl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2015
Plants & Animals
Every so often, things happen in nature that come off as unfortunate for infant animals as they're born. In the case of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 24, 2015
Microbiology
Antibiotics keep farm animals healthy and promote their growth, but excessive antibiotic use no doubt contributes to ant
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans