NASA has shared the latest images of small 'gardens' growing on the International Space Station, some of which have produced foods consumed by the astronauts. Multiple plant experiments have taken ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of genetics, poses for a photograph circa 1860. Between 1856-1863, Mendel bred almost ...

A quiet grassland can feel still, but it is never silent. Every leaf, flower, and root releases tiny scent molecules that ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific ...

Image: The Plants in Space habitat aboard the International Space Station. A unique science project designed to sow the excitement of scientific discovery in students is sprouting this week aboard the ...

The plants will be assessed for biochemistry and gene expression during a few minutes of microgravity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Recently, the longest plant experiment in the history of the International Space Station (ISS) came to an end, breaking records for plants grown on the floating laboratory. A new blog post on the NASA ...

It's long been assumed that for an organism to learn, remember or draw conclusions, it needs a brain. But mounting evidence, including a recent Cognitive Science study, challenges that assumption, ...

The biology projects of two N.C. State University professors are now aboard the International Space Station and may soon help provide answers about how plants respond to extreme environments. The ...