Indoor plants, while aesthetically pleasing, can trigger headaches in sensitive individuals due to volatile organic compounds, strong fragrances, pollen, and mould. Research indicates that certain ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Some plants and fungi naturally resemble meat. But scientists and entrepreneurs are going a step further to design an even meatier plant-based alternative. Sulphur shelf mushrooms—also called "chicken ...

In some ways, plants are like people. They need food and water. They’re made to grow. And each one is meant to put down roots in the right environment and thrive. For 30 years, the Northeast Texas ...

Not everything in the past was better. When it comes to science fiction franchises from the 1970s and 1980s, we often have a tendency to romanticize the so-called purity of the way things used to be.

Researchers led by Ken Shirasu at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have identified an ancient protein that has the potential to help defend plants against tens of ...

Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction or fantasy. But scientists have already made plants that emit a greenish glow. They are ...

Ian Bassin, co-founder and executive director of Protect Democracy, and former federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg, talk with Jen Psaki about a federal appeals court finding that Donald Trump's ...

Beneath your furbaby’s innocent gaze is a quick mind that prefers to unravel life’s puzzles at a much slower pace. So if you think your pet doesn’t remember, there’s a chance that the one time you ...

STORY: This gardening volunteer is attempting to fight one of Iraq’s most pressing threats: desertification. It’s where fertile land dries up and becomes desert, forcing people to move, according to ...

The United States added 22,332 megawatts of power plant capacity in the first half of this year, and the vast majority of it was utility-scale solar, batteries, and onshore wind. Natural gas was next, ...

Natasha Richardson’s mom, Vanessa Redgrave, is all smiles in a rare video amid Liam Neeson’s new chapter. “Darling. A little video?” Redgrave, 88, said in an Instagram video shared by daughter Joely ...