Ferns switch between male and hermaphrodite forms, a process driven by chemical signals. Research shows the plant hormone auxin is key, triggering new growth centers when a male signal is absent.

RICHLAND COUNTY — Winter Storm Fern, as expected, began to roll through Ohio late Saturday night and will continue throughout the day on Sunday with as much as a foot of snow expected in some portions ...

Fern Michaels, the hugely popular author whose nearly 200 romance and thriller novels made her a fixture on best-seller lists for decades, has died. She was 92. Michaels died at her home in ...

RECOMMENDATIONS. IT’S FRIDAY, AND THAT MEANS IT’S TIME TO EXPLORE OUTDOORS. BRIAN HICKEY JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT HIGHWAY 50 AND SOME EASY TO MISS NATURAL BEAUTY. THEY ARE PART OF THE PATCHWORK OF ...

Scientists have found that human hair growth does not grow by being pushed out of the root; it's actually pulled upward by a force associated with a hidden network of moving cells. The findings ...

Jacob S. Suissa receives funding from The National Science Foundation. He is affiliated with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and Let's Botanize Inc. There are few forms of the botanical world ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: For more than three decades, scientists have explored ways to leverage certain metal-producing powers of hyperaccumulators, a family of more than 700 ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. Fossil electricity is electricity produced from gas-fired or ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - LMPD released new details in their investigation of the fatal shooting of an eight-year-old. Police were called to a home on Bardstown Road in Fern Creek Saturday night. They ...

Previously, TV Insider had a chance to speak with Reid, Anderson, and Moscovitch, with Reid and Moscovitch having nothing but love and high praise for Reid's turn as Lestat the Rockstar. "He's ...