So You Touched Poison Ivy. Now What?

Most adults are allergic to this plant and its relatives. Here’s how to prevent or minimize the rash.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Let Joy Back In’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.

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Readers Sent Us Hundreds of Local Climate Solutions

As part of our 50 States, 50 Fixes series, more than 2,400 Times readers wrote in to tell us about climate action in their communities.

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New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fungal Biodiversity

A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

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How Calvert Crary, of FlowerSchool New York, Spends His Day With Roses

Calvert Crary, the executive director of FlowerSchool New York, teaches students how to haggle, spruces up his apartment lobby and ends his day on the roof.

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London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.

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With ‘Van Gogh’s Flowers,’ the New York Botanical Garden Brings the Artist to Life

The New York Botanical Garden’s new exhibit draws inspiration from Vincent van Gogh for a colorful explosion of 18,000 sunflowers and other plants.

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How the Macy’s Nighttime Team Keeps the Flowers Fresh

As Mother’s Day nears, 50 varieties of plants bloom in the Macy’s Flower Show. That takes work.

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Sweating to Shivering: Study Finds Rapid Swings in Temperature Have Increased

Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.

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