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In a world-first pilot study, researchers from the University of South Australia have used video footage of insects to ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Harvard researchers looked at how plant and animal protein affect your risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease.

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Plant-based meats are growing ever-popular, but are they better for your heart than regular meat? Researchers in Singapore compared the diabetes risk and the heart health effects of meat versus ...

Vietnam attends WTO meeting on food safety and animal-plant health On the sidelines of the SPS Committee meeting, the Vietnamese delegation held bilateral discussions with WTO member delegations.

But the evolutionary origin of animal microRNAs is still unclear, and while they've also been discovered in plants, scientists assumed that they arose independently from animal microRNAs.

It started as a joke and spiraled into a full-on backyard experiment. Can you plant a glizzy and grow more? Science says no—but we did it anyway. The results? Unhinged and unforgettable.