Our Favorite Flowers to Sow in June for an Autumn Bloom — Even though Memorial Day is behind us, we're still technically in the midst of spring. This means you still have time to sow flower seeds in your garden.
Giraffes Might Be Even Smarter Than We Thought. Some Can Solve Simple Math Problems, a New Study Suggests — Two of four tested giraffes seemed to be able to mentally combine numbers to get one of their favorite treats: carrots. But all the animals failed at tasks involving…
MycoKey home — Mycokey is a synoptic multi-access key for identification of fungi and includes the Funga Nordica analytic keys
Botanical.com — A Modern Herbal is a resources for herbal information. Written in the early part of the last century, the advice is both timely and historical.
Trend Alert: Chaos Gardening (And Why Some Experts Hate It) — <p>Every spring for the last couple years, “chaos gardening” enthusiasts emerge online. They suggest that gardeners take a bunch of seeds, mix them together, toss them on the earth, and wait to see what will emerge.…
Fresh Food Delivery for Space Station - NASA — NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left), Jessica Meir (middle left), and Chris Williams (bottom right), and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie
The hallucinogenic mushroom that contains no known psychedelic | Psychedelics.co.uk — Hundreds of people a year are hospitalised seeing little people after a meal of a prized Yunnan bolete. Its genome has now been read in full, and whatever causes the visions is nothing science r
Mini Essay: Letting Go — <p>Not long ago, Margot and I went to a screening of a documentary about preserving the modernist houses in New Canaan, Connecticut. Afterwards, there was a Q+A with the filmmaker, who knows these houses intimately, having spent her childhood in one.…
Weekend to bring cooldown after record-breaking heatwave — The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by Sunday.
Fungimap — Australian fungi mapping.
Current Obsessions: Long, Long Weekend - Gardenista — For your unofficial-start-of-summer perusing pleasure: Here are 19 things we've bookmarked lately: Can every storefront look like this, please? The Gardene
Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs — German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
California Academy of Sciences — The California Academy of Sciences is a science museum—and scientific and educational institution—located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Current Obsessions: Style Notes - Gardenista — Happy weekend! Ahead, a humble kitchen essential gets its due; Scandi retreats open their doors (and windows); and a Memorial Day sale starts early. Read o
Oleksandr Usyk vacating heavyweight titles, planning 'last dance' — Unified heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk says he is vacating his three world titles and is planning one "last dance" before calling it a career.
Ames Science Stars of the Month - August 2026 - NASA — The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud.