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- 4 days ago
Plant-based meat ‘healthier and more sustainable than animal products’, study finds

- Jul 12
Gardening can cultivate better mental health, study finds

- Jun 26
Biofinder changes the game in searching for extraterrestrial life

- Apr 28
Breakthrough in photosynthesis helps adapt plants to rapid climate change

- Apr 28
Architecture Students Build Solar-Powered Greenhouse That Uses 50% Less Energy

- Apr 17
Changes in vegetation shaped global temperatures over last 10,000 years

- Apr 14
Cutting down on one 'super fat' could help plants survive climate change

- Apr 11
Healthy plant-based diets shown to lower risk of developing diabetes

- Apr 7
Licorice may be a promising cancer treatment, researchers say

- Feb 25
Natural plant extract shown to extend life by 40% - landmark study concludes

- Feb 6
Light-emitting plants could become the eco-friendly urban lighting of the future

- Jan 18
Global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth

- Jan 5
Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behavior of animals and plants

- Nov 8, 2021
Giant 'corpse plant' draws crowds in Southern California

- Nov 8, 2021
Scientists create light-emitting plants --- eco-friendly urban lighting of the future

- Nov 8, 2021
A 150-year-old note from Charles Darwin is inspiring a change in the way forestry

- Oct 23, 2021
'Ray guns' let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart

- Sep 23, 2021
Thai cabbies turn taxis into gardens amid COVID-19 crunch

- Sep 23, 2021
Scientists create light-emitting plants --- eco-friendly urban lighting of the future