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 ...
They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...
The quirky plant, a relative of the edible cucumber, ejects its seeds at a whopping 44mph - even faster than the human ...
The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...
"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 ...
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 ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature's quirkiest plants - the ...
Scientists from the University of Manchester have uncovered the secrets behind one of nature’s quirkiest plants - the ...
The squirting cucumber Ecballium—not to be confused with the exploding cucumber Cyclanthera—is not a showy plant. It meanders ...