An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to ...

Two physicists from the Technical University of Denmark have found that leaf shape is a determining factor in the distance leaves travel as they fall from their tree. In their paper published in ...

The wild banyan tree or shortleaf fig has similar-looking leaves, but the edges of its leaves are smooth rather than finely toothed. The main problem with manchineel poisoning is that many people ...

Much as before, the solvent moves up, it carries the pigments with it, separating them into colorful bands, but note the number of different compounds and their colors. This simple experiment shows us ...