Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain ...

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There is a recurrent journalistic fable that grains of wheat taken from ancient Egyptian tombs have grown into new wheat plants. Scientists take no stock in it. The maximum length of time in which ...

Epsori Space Systems announced today that its Free Seeds Experiment will be flying aboard the Up Aerospace SL-2 launch, scheduled for Saturday, April 28th 2007. Epsori Space Systems will distribute ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out an experiment with the "surface of the moon" on Dec. 29's Science Sunday.

Vegetable oils have wide-ranging uses, playing a role in everything from food processing, to perfume production to the manufacture of biofuels. With demand only expected to increase, a team of ...