Tag: seeds
Those seeds clinging to your hiking socks may be from invasive...
Megan Dolman, Boise State University
With spring settling in across the U.S. and days lengthening, many people are ready...
In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a...
Leland Glenna, Penn State
As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers...
5 wintry books to read during long nights
Liz Rosenberg, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Winter solstice brings the shortest day and longest night of...
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers’ weed problems –...
Bart Elmore, The Ohio State University
In October 2021 I was a guest on a popular podcast to discuss...
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble...
Evan Fricke, Rice University; Alejandro Ordonez, Aarhus University; Haldre Rogers, Iowa State University, and Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University
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Why do flowers smell?
Richard L. Harkess, Mississippi State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Anti-nutrients – they’re part of a normal diet and not as...
Jill Joyce, Oklahoma State University
Maybe you’re trying to eat healthier these days, aiming to get enough of the good stuff and limit the less-good...
Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year
Emily Moran, University of California, Merced
If you have oak trees in your neighborhood, perhaps you’ve noticed that some years the ground is carpeted with...
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Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be...
Jessica Owens-Young, American University
New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities...
