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'Plant inventor' makes black-and-white cucumbers

By age 4, Michael Mazourek was already fascinated by bell peppers, squash and sugar peas, the vegetables that featured prominently in his first garden.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An apple or pear a day may keep strokes away

Apples and pears may keep strokes away. That's the conclusion of a Dutch study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association in which researchers found that eating a lot of fruits and vegetables with white ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Restoration as science: case of the collared lizard

In a time when a five-year grant is considered a long-term grant, Alan R. Templeton, PhD, a professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has managed to follow some of the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Highest pollen count of the season, last three years on Friday 13th

Chicago’s tree pollen count reached 1,500 today, triggering a dangerous air quality warning.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Managing grazing lands with fire improves profitability: experts

Texas Agrilife Research fire and brush control studies in the Rolling Plains on a working ranch-scale showed the benefits and limitations of managed fires for reducing mesquite encroachment while sustaining livestock production.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

For the birds

Kristine Preston steps softly onto UC Irvine's Ecological Preserve, 62 acres of cheerful wildflowers and sweet-smelling sage scrub tucked above University Hills.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Don't Compare Bananas to Pears

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yellow leaves on banana plants give off a blue glow when viewed under UV light. This luminescence comes from decomposition products of chlorophyll, the substance that makes leaves green.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Give thanks to the bee

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we sit down to give thanks at the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we should also be thanking the honey bee.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bound by attention: Bringing rats and humans together

When picking through a basket of fruit, it doesn't seem very difficult to recognize a green pear from a green apple. This is easy, thanks to "feature binding"— a process by which our brain combines all of the specific features ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vegetable Scales With A Mind Of Their Own

What was the number you were supposed to enter for the chili-pepper on the self-service scales? Was it 67 or 76? And the number for the bananas? The latest self-service scales automatically recognize what ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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