Alejandro Jose Vasquez

Mowing might seem like a pretty sensible way to keep weeds at bay. But in the case of the silverleaf nightshade, the activity puts the plant into survival mode causing it to fight back with some pretty powerful defense mechanisms, says a new study. Rupesh Kariyat, an associate professor in the department of entomology and plant pathology at the University of Arkansas has been studying silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) for more than a decade.

Once the home of RuPaul’s Drag Race long before cishet approval coaxed a mainstream debut on VH1, Logo was the only channel that many gays could rely on for sanctuary from the perpetual onslaught of heterosexual pop culture. That’s how so many of us found out about—and then became obsessed with—Queer as Folk. Sure, some of that might be owed to its gratuitous depictions of gay sex, but also to the high-caliber drama and storytelling that earned it five angsty, groundbreaking seasons on Showtime.