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Overwhelmingly Large Fern Took the Owner and Many Others Completely By Surprise

By Melissa Locker

A Giant Plant That Can Cause Blindness Was Spotted for the First Time in a New State

By Jamie Ducharme

2017 Set a Record For Journalists Going To Jail

By The Aspen Institute

5 Foods You Can Grow From Scraps at Home

By Matthew A. Moore / Cooking Light
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Hope Jahren: Plants, Manicures and Science's Woman Problem

'It can be a challenge to be the real me and the science me'

By Siobhan O'Connor

New Flower Species Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Amber

Just like in Jurassic Park

By Melissa Chan

This Warehouse Lab Shows How We Can Grow Plants Underground

Can pineapples grow in Manhattan? Yes. Yes they can

By Julia Lull and Arpita Aneja

6 Mosquito Repellent Plants to Keep Pests Away

From basil to lavender

By Stephanie Figy / Angie's List

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 16

1. Micropayments and digital currencies will ignite an explosion of disruptive innovation. By Walter Isaacson in LinkedIn 2. Latin America is taking the lead with progressive food policies — and putting public health above the...

By The Aspen Institute

A Leafy Office is a Happier Office, Study Finds

Green begets green

By Dan Kedmey

Study: Plants Can 'Hear' Their Attackers’ Approach

Some plants can hear and react to enemy caterpillars

By Noah Rayman

Talking Tomatoes: Sick Plants Warn Their Neighbors

Chemical signaling allows healthy plants to defend themselves when a single neighbor is under attack—a result of communication among species that were always thought to be entirely mute

By Veronique Greenwood

Why Some Mushrooms May Be Magic for Climate Change

The soil contains more carbon than all living plants and the atmosphere combined. Now a new study says that a certain type of fungi can help soil hold up to 70% more carbon—with potentially big impacts for the climate

By Bryan Walsh
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