What does it mean to be alive? A new study on an astonishing sea creature suggests the answer may be more complicated than it seems. Some amputated fragments of Psolus fabricii — a type of sea ...

When the temperatures warm up, cucumber sandwiches are a refreshing choice for lunches and parties. You may know cucumber sandwiches from bridal teas and baby showers, but we'll be the first to say ...

If you’re scanning the produce aisles at the grocery store, it can be difficult to recognize a zucchini vs. cucumber from a few steps away. Frankly, it can still be difficult to tell these two oblong, ...

Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. "He came back and was like, 'Helen, I ...

Audrey Morgan is a senior editor at Food & Wine with over eight years of experience covering food and drinks. She has held staff positions at Liquor.com and Food Network Magazine, and her work has ...

Take a look at squirting cucumber explosive seed dispersal in real time and slowed down. Credit: Helen Gorges/CC BY-NC-ND One doesn’t normally associate ballistics with botany, but most of us don’t ...