It's a summer staple: fluffy clouds of dandelion seeds wafting through the summer air. You'll be seeing a lot of them in the weeks to come. As dandelion season reaches its peak, mature plants will ...

Don't be disappointed if all the fluffy seeds of a dandelion don't fly away with a single blow. The gust of wind from your lungs may be strong, but the dandelion's natural desire to control how its ...

Flower power: EPFL’s Pier Giuseppe Ledda (left) and François Gallaire with pappus simulations (Courtesy: Alain Herzog/EPFL) Scientists in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy have explained why the ...