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29 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Ancient Forest Kept Good Company

by Sid Perkins

390-million-year-old site hosted three plant species

3 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Spider Webs, Ancient Plants, and the Science of Massage

by David Grimm and Sarah Crespi

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Did Plants Freeze the Planet?

by Sid Perkins

Vegetation may have accelerated weathering of rocks, leaching CO₂ from the atmosphere

26 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Where to Find Fungi to Fuel Orchids

by Jane J. Lee

Symbiotic fungi thrive in mature forests

13 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Crashing Galaxies, Smart Lizards, and Meat-Eating Plants

by David Grimm and Kerry Klein

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

9 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Meat-Eating Plant Traps Victims Underground

by Sara Reardon

Brazilian species catches worms with leaves buried in the sand

21 December 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Future of Frankincense Not So Sweet

by Sara Reardon

Livestock grazing, fires, and burrowing beetles threaten the trees that produce the fragrant resin

20 December 2011 | ScienceNOW

Spicy Chilies Need a Drink of Water, Too

by Sara Reardon

Bolivian chili peppers can afford to be hotter when they have enough water

13 December 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Light Me Up, Buttercup

by Traci Watson

Researchers reveal how flower casts a yellow glow on the human chin

18 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Tractor Beams, Leonardo’s Trees, and More

by David Grimm and Stewart Wills

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

14 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Leonardo's Formula Explains Why Trees Don't Splinter

by Kim Krieger

Geometry rule probably evolved to help prevent wind breakage

11 August 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: World's Oldest Wood

by Sid Perkins

Fossils suggest the biomaterial first evolved to slurp up water, not strengthen stems

10 July 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Scientists Sequence the Spud

by Michael Price

Potato genome may help combat diseases and enhance crop's nutritional value

7 June 2011 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Farmers Started the First 'Green Revolution'

by Michael Balter

Early humans harnessed a gene that boosted rice yields

3 June 2011 | ScienceNOW

Chinese 'Corpse Flower' Finds a Mate in the U.K.

by Richard Stone

Two countries attempt to breed giant, stinky plants

28 April 2011 | ScienceNOW

An Early Warning Sign for Ecosystem Collapse?

by Jennifer Carpenter

Ecologists pinpoint early signals of catastrophic ecosystem change

18 April 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Worlds With Two Suns May Sport Black Plants

by Sid Perkins

Photosynthesis might evolve to take advantage of several light sources

10 April 2011 | ScienceNOW

Double the Genes, Double the Flora

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Ancient genome duplications fueled seed plant diversity

4 April 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Green Eggs and Salamanders

by Jennifer Carpenter

Algae invade developing amphibian embryos, turning them green

30 March 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The Oldest Buttercup Yet

by Jennifer Carpenter

Ancient bloom clarifies evolution of flowering plants

4 March 2011 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Mass Extinctions, Pinecone Evolution, and More

by David Grimm and Robert Frederick

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week

23 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Dinosaur Munchies May Have Bulked Up Pinecones

by Jennifer Carpenter

Once-slender seed carriers got bigger and spikier when long-necked dinos showed up

21 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Seaweed a Source of Potential Antimalarial Drug

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Compound thwarts malarial parasite in red blood cell

21 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Live @ AAAS - Ian Baldwin on 'Talking Trees' (Transcript)

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Ian Baldwin will discuss his studies of how plants use chemical signals to fend off hungry insects or attract helpful pollinators

16 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Ancient 'Seaweed' Rewrites History

by Jennifer Carpenter

Chinese fossils suggest earlier rise for complex life

15 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Video: World's Fastest Moving Carnivorous Plant

by Jennifer Carpenter

Hungry bladderworts engulf prey in less than a millisecond

2 February 2011 | ScienceNOW

Off-the-Shelf Blood Vessels

by Gretchen Vogel

Premade bioengineered veins could help heart and kidney patients

24 January 2011 | ScienceNOW

When Trees Attack, Fungus Can Parry

by Sara Reardon

Genetic analysis reveals why the pine beetle has ravaged so many trees

13 January 2011 | ScienceNOW

Fall of Rome Recorded in Trees

by Andrew Curry

Tree-ring samples correlate with important events in European history

21 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Tree Leaves Fight Pollution

by Rachel Berkowitz

Plants suck volatile organic compounds from the atmosphere

7 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Biggest Genome Ever

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Japanese flower has 50 times more DNA than humans do

27 September 2010 | ScienceNOW

Video: There's No 'I' in 'Spore'

by Kristen Minogue

Fungal spores travel much farther when they work together as a team

14 September 2010 | ScienceNOW

Kelp Raft Carries Marine Stowaways Hundreds of Kilometers

by Cassandra Willyard

Tiny critters hitchhiked to New Zealand inside floating mats of seaweed

2 September 2010 | ScienceNOW

Forget Mice, Elephants Really Hate Ants

by Elsa Youngsteadt

An aversion to biting ants keeps elephants from ravaging the savanna

23 July 2010 | ScienceNOW

Bacteria Bring Leaves Back From the Dead

by Daniel Strain

Microbes in moths resurrect leaves so that the insects can feast upon them

25 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

Don't Grow So Close to Me

by Helen Fields

Trees of rare species suffer more when relatives live close by

17 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

New Dates for Egypt's Pharaohs

by Michael Balter

Study combines techniques to deliver a more precise chronology for Ancient Egypt

15 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

A World Without Flowers

by Mitch Leslie

Scientists model what Earth would look like without elms, roses, and their kin

10 June 2010 | ScienceNOW

Better Rice Through Fungi

by Kelli Whitlock Burton

A bit of fungal cultivation helps rice plants grow up to five times as fast

23 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Genetic Discovery Promises to Boost Rice Yields

by Dennis Normile

Two groups find gene variant that boosts test plot yields by 10%

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