Plants

  1. Plants

    Supersizing pumpkins

    Engineers model extreme growth in fruits.

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  2. Plants

    Surprise Visitor

    Newly discovered cricket pollinates orchids in nighttime rendezvous.

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  3. Plants

    Flower family knows its roots

    Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who's sharing their soil.

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  4. Plants

    The man who rocked biology to its core

    Two hundred years later, Charles Darwin's ideas still live on.

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  5. Animals

    Hungry bug seeks hot meal

    A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature.

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  6. Animals

    A ‘book’ on every living thing

    The biggest encyclopedia ever, with an entry for every living species, is available now at a computer near you.

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  7. Plants

    Flytrap machine

    Inspired by the Venus flytrap, scientists have invented a material that might improve human lives.

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  8. Plants

    Seeds of the Future

    Around the world, scientists are putting seeds to sleep for up to thousands of years.

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  9. Plants

    The Book of Life

    Work has begun on a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, which aims to catalog every species on Earth.

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  10. Plants

    A Giant Flower’s New Family

    The world's largest known flower may be a relative of the poinsettia plant.

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  11. Plants

    Stalking Plants by Scent

    A vine that feeds on other plants finds its victims by their smell.

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  12. Plants

    A Change in Leaf Color

    Leaves go to a lot of trouble to turn red in the fall.

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