Published in 1973, the book contained a “mix of real science, flimsy experiments, and unscientific projection,” Schlanger writes. The authors claimed that plants could feel and hear ...

Guest host Arielle-Duhaime Ross talks with science journalist Zoë Schlanger about her new book, The Light Eaters: How The Unseen World Of Plant Intelligence Offers A New Understanding Of Life On Earth ...

Then consider: How could any beast become so big? The answer, according to science writer and paleontologist Riley Black, lies in plants. With a focus firmly on plants, Black masterfully uses ...

Half history, half science, this book is anything but dry ... But the ways in which parasites evolved to survive off plants and animals — and the highly specialized mechanisms and behaviors ...

This year hasn’t been a great one for the environment, so a book about the long history of environmental damage may be a hard sell. However, this isn’t just a litany of woe. It unpicks the ...

Decades of searching uncovered the brilliantly illustrated plants and detailed notes made ... He also envisions the manuscript finally published as a book, with a foreword recounting how this ...

THE earlier investigations of virus diseases of plants were attempted by the standard methods of the plant pathologists, and failed to reveal the cause of the disease, or to elucidate the nature ...