You don’t need a dandelion to know which way the wind blows. But it can help. On any given dandelion, some seeds are destined to go north, while others are fated to fly east, south or west, and ...

Scientists discover that dandelion seeds are basically magic. By Mike Wehner. Published May 6th, 2021 11:27PM EDT. Image: Romolo Tavani/Adobe.

“The way dandelion seed structures work is that they have a central point and these little bristles sticking out to slow down their fall," said study author Vikram Iyer.

This system is about 30 times as heavy as a 1 milligram dandelion seed but can still travel up to 100 meters in a moderate breeze, about the length of a football field, from where it was released ...

"Each dandelion seed is tethered by a thin tube to around 100 bristles, which form the parachute-like structure," the study's authors write in a statement. "When seeds break free from the flower ...

Dandelion seeds, in comparison, weigh one milligram. Just like feathery dandelion seeds, the sensors also land with the solar panels facing upright with 95 percent accuracy, a statement explains.

Perhaps it would be more fun to pick up a dandelion when it’s gone to seed, blow on it and scatter the seeds into the air. It’s just such a delicious childhood memory, one I wonder if young ...

Just as the dandelion progresses from a bud to a yellow flower and eventually reblooms as a seed head and scatters its seeds, leaders undergo a developmental process as they embrace systems thinking.

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 ...