Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases such as cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development and ...

In the summer of 2011, paleontologist and science writer Riley Black was on a mission. Walking through the Montana desert, she was on the lookout for a Tyrannosaurus rex. But that day, she wasn’t ...

Plants have an extremely high capacity to adapt to their environment. When the seeds of pea sprouts left over from cooking are soaked in water, the sprouts and leaves grow back. Associate Professor ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that ...

Vascular bundles responsible for transport within the plant (veins of Arabidopsis thaliana). Credit: Kondo Yuki Plants have an extremely high capacity to adapt to their environment. When the seeds of ...