At some point or another, most of us have played travel agent to a dandelion. Blowing on their tufted tops is a childhood rite of passage for many, and a simple puff of air is all it takes to send the ...

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 ...

Don't be disappointed if all the fluffy seeds of a dandelion don't fly away with a single blow. The gust of wind from your lungs may be strong, but the dandelion's natural desire to control how its ...

Long haul flight: micro CT image of a dandelion seed with yellow false colour. (Courtesy: Madeleine Seale and Alice Macente) A brush-shaped structure called a pappus creates vortex rings that help ...