The black-bulb yam excels at mimicry, producing small clones of itself that look like the dark, shiny berries of seed-growing ...

Cycads are the oldest living group of seed-producing plants — and it seems they use infrared heat signals to attract specialized nocturnal weevils that deliver their pollen 1. Wendy Valencia-Montoya ...

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Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest form of pollination. Rhopalotria furfuracea beetles pollinate the cones of ...

The mother, Suze Lopez, took a routine pregnancy test prior to a surgery. In what doctors in Los Angeles are calling a "medical miracle," a mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

This weekend, “Remove the Regime” protests in the nation’s capital are demanding an end to the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., as well as President ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

As a dietitian, I’m always tuned into the conversations people are having about food. One topic that seems to come up more and more these days: seed oils. They’ve become a hot-button issue, with some ...

Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks ...