As summers get hotter and drier, it’s time to rethink what parks and gardens should look like.
- Emeritus Fellow in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
Plants are more fascinating than you might imagine.
Just because you can’t hear plants doesn’t mean they are silent.
Britain is suffering through its worst drought since the 1970s.
Plants clearly lack brains but does all intelligence have to look like our own?
La plupart de la vie végétale a survécu à la catastrophe nucléaire de Tchernobyl. Les plantes sont plus flexibles et s'adaptent beaucoup mieux que les animaux aux événements extérieurs.
La mayor parte de las plantas sobrevivió al desastre nuclear de Chernóbil. ¿A qué se debe?
Most plant life survived the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - and they have a lack of legs to thank for it.
Scientists are in a race to genetically engineer a new plant resistant to a devastating disease that is threatening to wipe out the banana.
New research finds more CO₂ can actually make most plants smaller in the long-term - but the story for crops isn’t so simple.
New research shows bees see a blue halo around flowers thanks to nanostructures on its petals.
La Réserve mondiale de graines du Svalbard a récemment subi une inondation. Cet accident sans gravité doit néanmoins mettre l’accent sur l’importance de ces réserves pour la sécurité alimentaire.
Diversity, resilience, resistance to disease: seeds must be preserved to ensure we can feed our world in the future.
Do androids smell electric roses?
Many people are suspicious of GM crops, but new techniques could massively increase food production.
From spinach that can detect explosives to vegetarian meat, biological technology has the potential to change the world.
Que ce soit en libérant des composés chimiques ou en communiquant via les champignons du sol forestier, les plantes s’échangent des informations. Est-ce pour autant une forme de communication ?
It seems that plants use social media, too.
Feeding nine billion people by 2050 is possible – if we start applying some science.
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