Like humans, plants can burn if they receive too much sunlight. This is an Inside Science story. Forget showing your true colors -- plants are green precisely because they don't appreciate the type of ...

Left: on sunny days, the sun shines directly and mainly reach the top leaves. Right: on cloudy days, sunlight is scattered in all directions, which allows lower leaves to receive more light.

Did you know there are plants that absorb moisture? People usually put them in bathrooms to help keep the humidity down. It’s ...

Burning fossil fuels and other human activities have raised the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere by more than 50 percent compared to 200 years ago. But that's a ...

Sunlight is a basic requirement for most garden plants, but some gardeners overestimate (or ignore) the sun needs of their plants, resulting in what plant scientists call photodamage. Too much ...

Indoor spaces often contain pollutants released from furniture, paints, cleaning supplies, and synthetic materials. These pollutants, mainly volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ,can affect health over ...