Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes up many ...

A languid, loving portrait of Black farmers in the South, “Seeds” is a mixture of celebration and lament. Family farming has been endangered, but for African American farmers, the land ...

Though more than half of what we eat comes from seeds, most of us know very little about them—and how the sector contributes to our world and the future of food security. In this four-part ...

That's right — depending on where you live, February is the ideal time to start seeds indoors for sweet spring blooms. One cheerful flower you may want to grow from seed in winter is the pretty ...

There are times I would like to be a koala, before the colonial extermination for their fur, the chlamydia plague and the ...

Chia seeds provide fiber, essential omega-3 fatty acids, proteins, minerals, and antioxidants — components that may help lower cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure and promote other health ...

January 21, 2025 • For a brief period, colleges and universities suspended the use of standardized tests; now they're bringing them back in the name of equality. New York Times senior writer ...

In this study, we aimed to find the in vitro antibacterial activity of seed coat of Trachycarpus fortunei against a panel of clinically important bacterial species. Ethanolic extracts of target ...