It’s Getting Hot in Here So let’s talk about sex

Words Bassam Alkantar Climate-warming temperatures might be expected to affect the sex ratio of species if sex determination is temperature-dependent. Several studies show that indirect...

We’re in this together How to tackle the world’s issues sustainably

Words Ingmar Strum, Teodora Cakarmis, Victoria Hamdorf and Sania El Kadi The world today is in trouble. More than one-eighth of the world’s population goes...

Plants I.Q.

Words Alia Fawaz Plants dominate every terrestrial environment, composing ninety-nine per cent of the biomass on earth. By comparison, humans and all the other animals...

The Great Green Wall of China

Words Alia Fawaz The Great Green Wall (also known as the Three North Shelterbelt project) is by far the world’s largest tree-planting project. To date 66 billion trees...

Intelligence

“Intelligence is the ability to solve problems and plants are amazingly good in solving their problems.” Stefano Mancuso

Ciao Bella! The authentic Italy lies off the beaten track

Words Johanna Salem If you have ever visited Italy, then you have certainly gazed in stupor at the great Colosseum of Rome, taken pictures of...