Today, Gregor Mendel and his pea plants are part of the canon of modern science. Every high school biology student learns the story of the monk who cross-bred pea plants in the abbey gardens and ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin wrote in __On the Origin of Species__ that "the laws governing inheritance are quite unknown." Unknown to him maybe, but three years earlier, an obscure Augustinian friar was ...

Destructive growth analysis of field replacement series experiments with mayweed chamomile and dry field peas was used to determine the competitive relationship between the two species. Mayweed ...

Stockton University freshman Sophia Bradach of Point Pleasant Borough designed an experiment that is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Saturday. The launch, scheduled for Dec.

An experiment to test the viability of growing food on the Red Planet has resulted in successful crops of 10 different vegetables. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Today Gregor Mendel is a towering hero of biology, and yet during his own lifetime his ideas about heredity were greeted with deafening silence. In hindsight, it's easy to blame his obscurity on his ...

A type of wrinkled 'super pea' may help control blood sugar levels and could reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, suggests a new study. The research, from scientists at Imperial College London, the ...

A freshman at Stockton University has designed experiment that will soon be out of this world....literally. The creation of Point Pleasant resident Sophia Bradach was scheduled to be launched to the ...