MISS EDITH A. STONEY states (NATURE, January 6, vol. lxxxii., p. 279) that with a large aperture microscope objective and oblique illumination, Lycopodium spores are seen to be coated with hair-like ...

In addition to their role in plant fertilization and reproduction, pollens and spores have another, hidden talent: With a simple treatment, these cheap, abundant and renewable grains can be converted ...

Is your water and your fire dangerously un-fun? Replenish your joy levels with this all-natural herbal supplement. Lycopodium powder can cause terrible grain elevator fires, but now can be used for ...

Ultraviolet radiation can have huge effects on our planet’s climate, but what has it done the past? The fossil record can tell us about UV through the study of pollen and spores In the middle of ...

What I think I love most about northern winters, and our celebrations this time of year — Hannukah, the Solstice, Christmas — is the response to the cold outside, the desire to hunker down, stare at a ...

This is Colossal highlights this mesmerizing video by Susie Sie: The Essence Of Sound. She put some lycopodium powder* on a surface on top of a subwoofer and filmed it in slow motion with some ...