Today, Gregor Mendel and his pea plants are part of the canon of modern science. Every high school biology student learns the story of the monk who cross-bred pea plants in the abbey gardens and ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin wrote in __On the Origin of Species__ that "the laws governing inheritance are quite unknown." Unknown to him maybe, but three years earlier, an obscure Augustinian friar was ...

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Stockton University freshman Sophia Bradach of Point Pleasant Borough designed an experiment that is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Saturday. The launch, scheduled for Dec.

Destructive growth analysis of field replacement series experiments with mayweed chamomile and dry field peas was used to determine the competitive relationship between the two species. Mayweed ...

An experiment to test the viability of growing food on the Red Planet has resulted in successful crops of 10 different vegetables. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...