A Jungle Boogie Philodendron Nokuro via Shutterstock What about your houseplants? As someone who enjoys home gardening, I can understand wanting to break out of the stereotypical box of succulents, spider plants and fiddle leaf figs and find something more eye-catching and unusual – but where do you find these less common plants? Well, according […]
Physicists have discovered that the chaotic movements of growing sunflowers, called “circumnutations,” help the plants search for sunlight, resulting in efficient growth patterns. This discovery, inspired by Darwin’s observations, could lead to new agricultural strategies to optimize plant growth. A study found that sunflowers’ erratic movements help them better locate sunlight, providing insight into plant […]
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette | USA TODAY NETWORK Planting season means stress and joy for soybean and corn farmers in the Midwest Planting season brings stress and joy for Midwest soybean and corn farmers, including Jon Miller of Fairfield County, Ohio. Alaina Bell recently won first place in the Ohio Soybean Bioscience Award at State Science Day […]
