Cress will grow in full sun to part shade and is best suited to receiving morning sun and afternoon shade. In the summer, cress should be protected from the hot afternoon sun by being planted under ...

You might struggle keep a pot plant alive in your living room, but the next humans to step foot on the moon will have a far greater gardening challenge. NASA will grow plants including duckweed, cress ...

In this 2021 photo provided by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, a researcher harvests a thale cress plant growing in lunar soil, at a laboratory in Gainesville, ...

A fun food-based activity to keep kids entertained at home. Create a colourful caterpillar, watch cress grow and eat the tasty results. Follow our simple instructions to transform eggshells and cress ...

In 2010, Pablo Jourdan took in some special guests in his greenhouse at the Ohio State University Ornamental Germplasm Center. And for five years, he pampered the hell out of them. His first job was ...

The innate immune system of the thale cress plant ensures a good phosphate supply, report investigators. For a long time, it was thought that the sole role of the immune system was to distinguish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This tiny weed performs real arithmetic in the dark. Here’s ...

It is an inconspicuous plant with a great big scientific name. This is one that has found its way out of Europe and Asia, far into the New World and Australia, as a common weed, and now thrives on ...

"So come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab." --Dr. Frank N Furter, "Rocky Horror Picture Show" It is an inconspicuous plant with a great big scientific name. This is one that has found its way ...

This news release is available in German. For a long time, it was thought that the sole role of the immune system was to distinguish between friend and foe and to fend off pathogens. In fact, it is ...