German photographer Uli Westphal has spent several years working as both an artist and a researcher. Each time he strol…
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A team of archaeologists from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) uncovered new evidence of a pre-colonial garden city in Bolivia where ancient Amazonian people lived. They primarily grew corn…
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Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of stone axes and painted pottery shards in a 5,000-year-old agricultural settlement. The artifacts point to an unknown community that likely farmed the land and traded…
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In northeastern Italy, researchers uncovered a stone disk marked with chisel traces that may be a star map. Researchers from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE) and the Italian National…
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How big can a berry be? When you hear the word “berry,” many people think of strawberries or cherries. But the largest strawberry is only about the size of a…
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In spring the fields turned lush and green. “How is that possible? We didn’t plant anything this spring.” “You didn’t need to plant anything. The mowed field greened up again…
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The sunflower you see in gardens today barely resembles its wild ancestors. Known in some accounts as the helianthus from Peru, the plant was transformed by decades of cultivation by…
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For centuries, the slender wheat stalk has fascinated people. Delicate but strong enough to hold the weight of an ear of wheat, the stalk keeps its bounty well above the…
