Tag: Flowers
Symbolism of cemetery plants: How flowers, trees and other botanical motifs...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
If you visit a cemetery, look closely and you’ll likely notice many flowering plants...
Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a...
Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona
As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and...
Flowers grown floating on polluted waterways can help clean up nutrient...
Jazmin Locke-Rodriguez, Florida International University and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, Florida International University
Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help...
Americans spend millions of dollars on Valentine’s Day roses. I calculated...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day – an occasion that traditionally combines romance with...
How do spices get their flavor?
Beronda L. Montgomery, Grinnell College
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Achoo! 5 essential reads for pollen season
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
As spring expands across North America, trees, shrubs and flowers are releasing pollen. This fine,...
Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida
It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields –...
Valentine’s Day: the pressures of shopping for romance
Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University
For many couples, Valentine’s Day is crunch time. Research has shown that romantic relationships...
EXPLORING NATURE
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s...
Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University
Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many...
