An "ear of corn" may one day take on a whole new meaning after South Korean researchers determined that plants are sensitive to sound, New Scientist reports.

The world's biggest Rafflesia was found in Kelantan!

A Rafflesia kerrii, measuring 112 cm in diameter and weighing 9kg, was discovered last year by botanist Gan Canglin (name transliterated) at an altitude of 3,500 meters on the mountainside of Gunung Chamah in Kelantan.

Banana plants usually reach a height of about 3 to 4 feet. However, this particular specimen is 6 foot tall. This means it's taller than its owner, 50-year-old Sulaimi (name translated).

An Omani entrepreneur is promoting a biofuel for cars using extracts from date palms to cut the use of petrol in the oil-rich Gulf region, a newspaper reported on Tuesday (July 10th).

Indonesia's vice president believes marijuana should remain an illegal drug, but those who sprinkle it in traditional dishes should escape the eyes of the police, a report said Monday (June 25th).

Malaysian researchers claim they have created a nutty alternative to Viagra based on walnuts in a pill more healthy than its pharmaceutical counterpart, according to a report on June 3rd.

You can steam it, stir fry it, micro wave it or eat it raw, but for heaven's sake don't do what the English do and boil that broccoli to death.

An old man found four tiny papayas inside a big papaya that he had bought from the market.

Their town has gone under, but farmers in Yubari in northern Japan are still seeing the fruits of their labour rewarded.

Rare "sunflowers" have bloomed on a 10-year-old cactus here.