Phil and Christine Jeffers loaded up their barrow with several giant gourds. “This is a tradition. I teach special education,” said Phil Jeffers, who hosts a contest for students to guess ...

Like other gourds, the snake gourd is a member of the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) and has seeds similar to its cousin the water melon (Citrullus lanatus), although slightly more eccentric, sporting ...

Cucurbit vegetables come in many different shapes and sizes, from giant pumpkins to miniature ... squash (winter and summer), pumpkin, gourd, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucuzzi, cushaw, and luffa.

Boston University’s iconic Pumpkin Drop turns rotting pumpkins into tools for science. Hosted by the Physics Department, the ...

Despite their European origins and art-pop alignments, Faux Real’s music bears no hints of enigmatic pretension. Instead, Los ...

FAIR calls out some of the shoddy coverage on the 2025 Coup by the NY Times & Wash. Post. They “largely buried these stories, downplaying their earth-shattering break from democratic norms”. (Wired & ...

Gienger’s gourd will roll through town during the Great Pumpkin Parade ... The growth over the years is a testament to growers’ passion and ingenuity. Should You Try Growing a Giant Pumpkin? Feeling ...

Currently, there are only 11 known “supergiant” and nine “giant” Bathynomus species, with several awaiting formal description, according to the study. B. vaderi is only the second recorded ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Shortly after moving into her Lovell fixer-upper, in 2017, Kimberly Crichton realized she was not alone. The 1920s cottage had stood empty for three years after the prior owner passed away, and mice ...