"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...

(CNN) — An odd little gourd called the squirting cucumber has an explosive reproductive strategy that has intrigued naturalists since the days of the Roman Empire. Squirting cucumbers blast their ...

Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. "He came back and was like, 'Helen, I ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

To get a jump-start on your garden, you can start cucumber seeds indoors three or four weeks before the last frost date. This works well for areas with short growing seasons. Since cucumber roots ...

Using lively verb phrases, Page describes the ways in which seeds use their environments to germinate. “A human touch, a passing animal, or a gust of wind—the slightest jostle can send exploding ...

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