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

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

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

The quirky plant, a relative of the edible cucumber, ejects its seeds at a whopping 44mph - even faster than the human ...

"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 ...

Newsom says California will intervene if Trump kills $7,500 EV tax credit Trump has advisers conduct internal probe of his ...

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

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

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

The viral video, which has received 78 million views already, shows Kylie all dressed up and trying to chop a cucumber in a strange, risky fashion. But wait, this is not really Kylie's chopping style.

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

Summer gives us the perfect reason to be outdoors and enjoy some fun in the sun. But let’s be honest, even with our best ...