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The Bad News: Earth’s Oxygen Supply Is Finite. The Good News: We Won’t Be Around to Witness It

The Bad News: Earth’s Oxygen Supply Is Finite. The Good News: We Won’t Be Around to Witness It

Space

Life on Earth won’t end when water evaporates. It will end when plants stop photosynthesizing and the atmosphere rapidly loses oxygen.

Plants Exist Due to a Curious Union. Now, Scientists Want to Recreate It in a Lab

Plants Exist Due to a Curious Union. Now, Scientists Want to Recreate It in a Lab

Nature and Environment

The union of a eukaryotic cell and a cyanobacterium—more than a symbiosis—paved the way for the emergence of plants.

Plants Are the New Pets. Owners Even Choose to Bury Them in Their Gardens When They Die

Plants Are the New Pets. Owners Even Choose to Bury Them in Their Gardens When They Die

Magnet

For many, they're merely decoration. For others, they're part of the family.

Researchers Thought They Had Solved the Mystery of the Giant Paleozoic ‘Trees.’ They Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong

Researchers Thought They Had Solved the Mystery of the Giant Paleozoic ‘Trees.’ They Couldn’t Have Been More Wrong

Nature and Environment

Once classified as plants, then fungi, these giant organisms remain a mystery.

Researchers Just Found a Lichen Species That Can Live and Thrive on Mars. This Is Why It’s an Incredibly Fascinating Discovery

Researchers Just Found a Lichen Species That Can Live and Thrive on Mars. This Is Why It’s an Incredibly Fascinating Discovery

Space

While humans may not be able to colonize Mars in the near future, scientists have an idea of the “plants” people could bring with them.

A Rare Flower Whose Name Means ‘Giant, Misshapen Penis’ Bloomed for the First Time in Years. It Smells Like Rotting Flesh

A Rare Flower Whose Name Means ‘Giant, Misshapen Penis’ Bloomed for the First Time in Years. It Smells Like Rotting Flesh

Magnet

Thousands gathered to take a whiff of the rare corpse flower known as Putricia. "I am sickened... I am in awe," said one onlooker.

Corn Sweat Is Real, and It’s Making the Heat Wave in the Midwest Even Worse

Corn Sweat Is Real, and It’s Making the Heat Wave in the Midwest Even Worse

Nature and Environment

It doesn't literally mean that the corn is sweating, FYI.

A Species of Cactus Has Disappeared in the U.S. For the First Time, the Primary Suspect Is Sea Level Rise

A Species of Cactus Has Disappeared in the U.S. For the First Time, the Primary Suspect Is Sea Level Rise

Nature and Environment

This occurrence is the leading suspect in the extinction of the Key Largo tree cactus from U.S. territory.

China Has Found a ‘Vital’ Element for Colonizing Mars That Can Resist Conditions That Are Deadly to Other Life Forms

China Has Found a ‘Vital’ Element for Colonizing Mars That Can Resist Conditions That Are Deadly to Other Life Forms

Space

Before anyone considers moving to Mars, it will be necessary to know how to survive there. China has a "vital" clue.

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