Floating power plants could offer coastal communities a reliable energy source. Here’s how
These mobile power systems could be a lifeline for remote, island and disaster-prone places.
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Owning houseplants can boost your mental health – here’s how to pick the right one
Houseplants can lift our spirits – but not all plants have the same effect.
Learn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy
An expert’s tips on how to keep your indoor plants looking their best.
There aren’t enough trees in the world to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.
How understanding plant body clocks could help transform how food is grown
Why plants’ oscillating genes matter for humans.
We found the genes that allowed plants to colonise land 500 million years ago
New research has pinpointed the genetic boost behind one of the biggest transformations of life on Earth.
‘Plant blindness’ is obscuring the extinction crisis for non‑animal species
We don’t notice the plant species we’re losing, but we won’t be able to ignore the effect of their loss on our supply of food and medicine.
The quest to save the banana from extinction
Scientists are in a race to genetically engineer a new plant resistant to a devastating disease that is threatening to wipe out the banana.
Botany may be dying … but somehow the plants survive
Traditional botanists are in decline, but this isn’t the end of plant science.
The amazing system plants use to shape their roots and why it could help protect crops from climate change
A team of scientists unravelled the mystery of how plant roots make the most of soil moisture.
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