They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...

The squirting cucumber shoots its seeds so fast that scientists had to use techniques like high-speed videography to record ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...

To reveal the mechanism, the team employed the help of a high-speed camera that could capture up to 8,600 frames per second, ...

"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...

Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature’s quirkiest plants - the ...

Sipping on a veggie smoothie packs a punch of vitamins and nutrients for your body. The chosen ingredients boost its effects ...

The squirting cucumber Ecballium—not to be confused with the exploding cucumber Cyclanthera—is not a showy plant. It meanders ...

Kylie Jenner isn't letting sister Kendall Jenner live down her infamous cucumber cutting moment, and trolls her in new video.