Broccoli, cabbages and kai lan are all cultivars of Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage). Throughout the centuries, farmers from all across the globe have artificially selected plants […]
It’s Friday. You sign off from a long work week and make a quick grocery trip before returning. Nothing seems more fitting than a well-deserved Saturday […]
Meet Socratea exorrhiza, the walking palm found in tropical forests. Its unique root system allows it to defy traditional notions of stationary plants.
A chemical compound known as opiorphin is isolated from human saliva, which is six times stronger than morphine. This finding paves its way towards the development […]
Being the largest mammal on Earth, an adult elephant drinks more than 200 litres of water each day. As a comparison, the average human water intake […]