Meet the Zinnias Astronaut Scott Kelly Grew in Space
“ON MY FIRST MISSION I WAS so focused on what I was doing—I didn’t want to screw anything up—that I didn’t look out the window during launch. We were in space Continue reading
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8 Botanical Artists to Watch
TO ROUND OUT FLOWER WEEK, we present you with a gallery of botanical art. The works below capture, preserve, impress, re-create, manipulate, and wonder at the influence of petals, stems, and Continue reading
Eau de Animale
IN 2013, VICTOR WONG STARTED ZOOLOGIST, a perfume company driven by endless curiosity about the experience of our animal peers. In the past decade they’ve released over twenty scents designed not Continue reading
Roses Are Red, Sometimes: A Conversation with a Flower Expert
With Valentine’s Day looming, our digital editor Kathleen Yale called up Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, to talk about the ins and outs Continue reading
How Trees Changed the World
This excerpt is from A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization. Buch der Weisheit, Ulm, 1483 ASTRONOMERS, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, regarded Venus as the planet Continue reading