In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

HOUSTON — Roses are red and violets are blue, but at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a corpse flower named "Meg" is expected, to smell, too. “I’ve never seen a flower like that," Amia Adams ...

HOUSTON — You may want to pack some nose plugs if you're visiting the Houston Museum of Natural Science this weekend. That’s because the museum is warning that their corpse flower nicknamed ‘Meg’ is ...

A new sunflower family tree used skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealing that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, ...

A grisly fate may have been in store for a fly larva concealed in the bloom. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A tiny flower that ...

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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Captured ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Amber -- ...

It's that time of year…. Spring showers. Here at Brightmoor Flower Farm, there's a lot of hard work, dedication and weather that goes into growing the flowers ...

It's time for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by two of the show's reporters, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson. Good to have you both back here. EMILY KWONG, ...