Houston, we have … a lot of problems, actually. At least, when it comes to landscaping. The hot, humid summers here can be too harsh for some plants, flooding can damage yards and drown roots, and ...
and now scientists know how the plants do it. A squirting cucumber in action is a remarkable sight, but if you blink, you might miss it — the eruption lasts about 0.03 second (30 milliseconds).
Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, but exactly how they do it has long remained a mystery. Squirting ...
Some of the commonest invasive species are Dichrostachys cinerea (sickle bush), Lantana camara, Opuntia vulgaris, Carpalis tormentosa and congress weed. They suck out the nutrients from the soil a lot ...
Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful drama about the authoritarian Iranian government breaks a fourth wall, with consequences. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...
It all comes down to a missing pistol. It’s almost exactly halfway through Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful, angry, masterfully crafted “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” that Iman (Missagh Zareh) realizes that ...