How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

A giant pumpkin starts off as the perfect seed. Growers choose seeds that have yielded large pumpkins in the past or test new ones. Scott and many other growers rely on the tried-and-true Atlantic ...
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How do you build a moon? The James Webb Space Telescope has just given us our best look

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers. Here's how we worked this out

Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of ...

Nature's not perfect: Fig wasps try to balance sex ratios for survival but they can get it wrong

Television nature programs and scientific papers tend to celebrate the perfection of evolved traits. But the father of ...