A common houseplant hides a pattern that may reveal how some leaf veins form. “This is a beautiful new extension of the principle that veins are optimizing across so many functions and have so much to ...

A pixel art tutorial showing how layered leaves can add depth and shading to trees. It focuses on simple techniques that help create more detailed environments. # ...

The Chinese money plant, commonly seen in homes and offices as a simple ornamental houseplant, is now drawing serious scientific attention. What looks like ordinary greenery may actually be hiding an ...

Branching out: the team says it is the first demonstration of Voronoi diagrams in plant venation patterns. Left: a leaf of the Chinese money plant. Right: A computer model of a Voronoi diagram that ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

In the past decade, battery leaf blowers have evolved from a niche product for light leaf cleanup to a viable alternative to heavy-duty gas-powered blowers. Power from handheld battery leaf blowers ...

If you’re a homeowner with this season’s fallen leaves piled up all over your lawn and you want them gone, you have three options: blow and bag them yourself using one of the best leaf blowers, hire ...

There are a lot of leaves outside my window, and I'm guessing your view might be similar. This carpet of dead foliage is often viewed as a nuisance, but it can be an important component in the garden.

There’s a business school case study to be written about how Nissan squandered its first-mover advantage with the original Leaf. Left on the market far too long before being replaced with basically ...