Apr 04
Wood scientists just announced an exciting breakthrough in tree research. They’ve come up with a way to make more environmentally friendly paper—by genetically modifying trees. And it’s not just the paper industry that will benefit.
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Mar 28
By day, Rachel Meyer is a plant evolutionary biologist researching crop genomics at NYU. But, by evening and weekend, she is on a mission to get more botany into your cocktail—and she’s shared an exclusive new drink recipe with Gizmodo to show how.
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Mar 27
Plants that eat metal sound like a biological impossibility. But these hungry little guys exist, sucking tiny bits of toxic metal from the soil. They don’t just clean the Earth, either—they can actually mine bits of gold and nickel for use by humans.
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Dec 27
The New York Botanical Garden is packed with over 7.3 million specimens from all over the world. And when you’ve got that many plants, you need to get a little creative when it’s time to take their picture. It’s a high tech affair.
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Jan 02
The Japanese art of Bonsai propagation has endured for more than a thousand years, though never quite like this. Botanical artist Makoto Azuma has combined modern technology with an ancient practice to create this impressive submerged specimen. More »
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