In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

A 1.5-mile avenue lined with over 400 live oak trees creates a tunnel of branches draped with Spanish moss. It’s like driving through a scene from a dream or a movie set. The trees were planted in the ...

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new ...

Now, the Moon-Rice project, a collaborative effort led by the Italian Space Agency and three Italian universities, aims to develop a “super-dwarf” rice variety ideal for sustained space habitation and ...

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

In a warming world that’s already affecting farming yields, one crop may be better positioned than others. New research ...

Since 1900, annual temperatures in Vermont have increased by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, and annual precipitation has increased by 21% over the same span, according to the state.

Let's start with a traditional dish that you knew you had to make for the book that you would love us to make.

A new tool from Rice University reveals growing risks from natural disasters across the United States.

Lowland rice would be challenging to grow in a home garden, but another, less common variety can be cultivated more easily in typical backyard conditions.