Linnaeus collected 643 different plant species that were then fed to horses, cows, pigs, sheep and goats. The results were carefully compiled but not analyzed until now, 275 years later.

Some plants are able to take over uninhabited spaces like sand dunes and volcanic substrates. These first colonizers have ...

Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic ...

Thanks to an experiment started before the Great Depression, researchers have pinpointed the genes behind the remarkable ...

From drunk worms to mammals that breath through their anuses, founder Marc Abrahams on the winners of this year's Ig Nobel ...

From pension fraud to plastic plants, this year's Ig Nobel prizes recognize science that can be lighthearted, surprising or ...

Genetic Insights Could Help Grains Endure Climate Change A longstanding experiment initiated before the Great Depression has ...

The world still holds many unanswered questions. But thanks to the efforts of the research teams awarded the IG Nobel Prize ...

Forbes spotlights entrepreneurs, scientists, philanthropists, corporate leaders and policymakers focused on sustainable ...

Texas, the biggest oil-producing state, has turned to solar power and battery storage to see it through extreme weather. But ...

RISD team led by principal investigator Johanna Barthmaier-Payne and researchers at URI, UNH and University of Louisville ...