This experiment demonstrates how plants transport water and nutrients through their stems. You'll witness the fascinating process of capillary action as white flowers transform into colorful blooms, ...

Shimmering, metallic colors feel like they should be everywhere in the natural world, yet they are surprisingly scarce, especially in flowers. The idea that laboratory-grown blooms might help explain ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Mother's Day is the day to show mom how much she is appreciated and often that is done with the gift of flowers. With this experiment, you can make one-of-a-kind flowers for mom ...

A student in an Advanced Placement biology class might dissect a fetal pig to study internal organs and the skeleton. But can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection ...

Humans have unwittingly been carrying out evolution experiments for millennia through the domestication of plants, animals, and fungi. Starting with the seminal experiments of William Dallinger in the ...

Josh Mullins with the United Way of Greater Kingsport and Seth Hice with the United Way of East Tennessee Highlands stopped by First at Four to explain and discuss the data.

Summer can feel fleeting. Drying flowers is a great way to hold onto its essence. Flowers that work well for drying should have either nice color, texture, structure or a combination when dried. It is ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. A field experiment is a research method that uses ...