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Mysterious bamboo regeneration baffles scientists ahead of once-in-a-century blooming event
Henon bamboo flowers only once every 120 years then vanishes for years, and researchers have no idea how it regenerates.
Genetically engineered pink pineapples are flying off shelves: What gives them their distinctive color?
The food giant Del Monte has created a genetically engineered pink pineapple that owes its rosy hue to higher concentrations of a pigment called lycopene.
Tropical rainforests could get too hot for photosynthesis and die if climate crisis continues, scientists warn
Data collected by the International Space Station has revealed a small fraction of leaves in the world's tropical rainforests are already exceeding peak temperatures, and scientists warn that this could increase.
This bizarre little succulent looks like a baby's butt
Gibbaeum heathii is endemic to a valley in South Africa that is surrounded by mountains and receives very little rainfall, allowing a huge range of succulent species to thrive. This bababoutjies — or baby's bum — is one of them.
How do plants with seedless fruit reproduce?
Plants are capable of producing seedless fruit through a process called parthenocarpy, and humans have long leveraged it in agriculture.
World's deepest canyon is home to Asia's tallest tree - and Chinese scientists only just found it
At 335 feet (102 meters) in height, the enormous newly-discovered cypress tree — which was found in a forest in Tibet — would tower over the Statue of Liberty.
Scientists have finally discovered how photosynthesis starts — by setting it off with a single photon
For the first time, researchers have observed how just one particle of light can trigger photosynthesis in bacteria — finally revealing the first step of the crucial process.
Fungi seem to 'sweat' to stay cool and scientists don't know why
This discovery reveals a mostly unstudied but apparently universal aspect of fungal life.
