Buried deep in the permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is opening its doors to the world with the launch of a new virtual tour to mark its fifteenth anniversary
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Bucking convention to track the upside of invasive species
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From high-protein food to plastics and fuel, Swedish scientists are attempting to tap seaweed's huge potential
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Any good resources on Morphogenesis and related areas?
I recently began thinking about how plants get their shape and discovered "morphogenesis" after some inept googling. It seems like a fascinating subject so I'd like to learn a bit more. I have...
I recently began thinking about how plants get their shape and discovered "morphogenesis" after some inept googling. It seems like a fascinating subject so I'd like to learn a bit more. I have some A-level university courses in chemistry and microbiology, but never dug too deep. So I am looking for suggestions on what to read up on in order to gain some understanding of how plants and other organisms get their shape. The ultimate goal is of course to plant my own house.
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Excerpts from the Atlas of Poetic Botany
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I touched the world's most painful plant - Gympie gympie (the suicide plant)
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How will plants cope with fewer pollinators?
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Rise of the 'robo-plants', as scientists fuse nature with tech
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Nanotechnology for plant genetic engineering
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The biology of mistletoe: Best known as a holiday trimming, the parasitic plant is a botanical luminary in its own right
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The social life of forests: Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?
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Decoding the mathematical secrets of plants’ stunning leaf patterns
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Detection of electrical signaling between tomato plants raises interesting questions
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Blowing bubbles: Soapy spheres pop pollen on fruit trees
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Fruit trenches: Cultivating subtropical plants in freezing temperatures
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Chemists at some of the biggest legal cannabis companies are after an elusive prize: a predictable, reliable product
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Deciphering the genetic diversity of leaf shapes
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The plant ecology of the Los Angeles River
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Erythranthe Peregrina - The flower species born from a sterile hybrid. Twice.
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been named one of the most important projects in the world over the last fifty years
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Horticulturists have planted five palm trees in Laugardalur to investigate how these plants respond to Icelandic weather conditions
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The sealed garden that was only watered once in fifty-three years
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Some plants “hear” through flowers. A study found petals vibrated in response to recordings of a bee’s wingbeats, leading plants to sweeten their nectar.
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Test tube trees
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Extreme botany: The precarious science of endangered rare plants
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The Pando aspen clone or 'trembling giant', the world's largest organism, is collapsing
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Plants can tell the time using sugars
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The wood wide web: The world of trees underneath the surface
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