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Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans ...
HAYDEN — Inside the hot, humid greenhouse at Summit Sprouts, Sarah Dormer leaned in close to the blooming amorphophallus konjac, took a deep breath and recoiled, gagging. Amorphophallus konjac ...
Plant biologists from Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden have found that the existence of Amorphophallus titanum, commonly called the “corpse flower,” is threatened by incomplete ...
Canadiens fans were beside themselves with excitement Thursday as highly touted Russian Ivan Demidov was flying from Istanbul to Toronto en route to joining Montreal. So beside themselves that a ...
If the cotton ball remains clean, the fruit is natural. If it turns red, it indicates the presence of artificial substances. Another tip involves rubbing a piece of watermelon with white tissue or ...
Fruit flies are back in full force, and if you've noticed them circling your compost bin or hovering around your fruit bowl, you're not imagining things. These tiny pests thrive in the warmth of ...
Breana Lai Killeen, M.P.H., RD, is a food editor, recipe developer, farmer and dietitian who has worked in all facets of the food world. She has with more than 20 years of experience cooking ...
It’s a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San ...
A plant named Amorphophallus konjac, also known as the "Voodoo Lily," is now in bloom It originates from the rainforests of Southeast Asia. The plant was donated to the zoo a few years ago. This is ...
From left: Ali Herting, Emma Stone and Dave McCary Photo by Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images. EXCLUSIVE: Following competitive bidding, A24 has landed rights to an untitled ...
More specifically, Monkey D. Luffy’s Devil Fruit hides one of the series’ biggest secrets, the truth of which is only revealed over a thousand chapters into the series. Likewise, many franchise ...
The endangered “corpse flower” (Amorphophallus titanum) faces pressure from habitat loss, climate change, and invasive species. Unfortunately, a new study reveals that there is yet another threat: ...