Arts Jun 10 Landscape designer Piet Oudolf on finding solace in the garden By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin
Science Jul 17 By making plant roots grow deeper, these geneticists hope to curb climate change A new genetic discovery could help researchers trap more climate-altering carbon underground. By Berly McCoy
Science Jun 30 Why plants don’t die from cancer Humans and other mammals and birds would have been killed many times over by Chernobyl's radiation that plants in the most contaminated areas received. So why is plant life so resilient to radiation and nuclear disaster?… By Stuart Thompson, The Conversation
Science Sep 22 Scientists look to increase crop production by speeding up photosynthesis How does one improve the amount of food a crop yields? Speed up the way that plant eats. By Justin Scuiletti
May 03 Watch How Michael Pollan Learned to Make Traditional Korean Kimchi How Michael Pollan Learned to Make Traditional Korean Kimchi…
Apr 10 Watch Cloning Trees at the Tidal Basin Plant geneticist Margaret Pooler explains cloning the cherry trees in Washington, D.C. Continue watching
May 25 Watch Are U.S. Nuclear Plants Ready for a Fukushima-Like Meltdown? When Chairman Gregory Jaczko resigned from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week, reports suggested it was linked to battles within the commission over safety requirements. In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Miles O'Brien reports on how government regulators… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Debating the Safety, Wisdom of New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia Surveying the Safety, Wisdom of New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Marijuana Farming Is Lucrative Business in California, but Who’s Profiting? Last year, local and federal authorities seized some 7 million illegally grown marijuana plants in California. The Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED investigate who and what are behind the spike in the state's lucrative marijuana-farming business. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Heat Wave, Drought Create ‘Grim’ Crop Yields for Farmers in Plains, South New research by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows 12 percent of U.S. land is in the midst of an exceptional drought, which is the largest contiguous area to suffer such difficult conditions in 12 years. Ray Suarez discusses how… Continue watching