Plants & People
January Sales open on English forests
Via Tom Goskar comes news that the UK government has announced the next plan to reduce the deficit. It is to sell the English forests. Every
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A fascinating conservation problem and a failure of my imagination
Writing a press release is easy. Writing a good press release is harder.
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Astrobotany on the web
Do alien gardeners breed black plants?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Global Crop Diversity Trust to store wild relatives of food crops
The BBC reports on a plan to collect and store the wild plant relatives of essential food crops, including wheat, rice, and potatoes by the Global
Plants & People
I’m stealing this presentation
The social web isn’t just limited to blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Slideshare is a great place to look for presentations on all sorts of things. I’ve been particularly impressed by this presentation about how to give a PowerPoint presentation. STEAL THIS PRESENTATION! View more presentations from @JE
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The origin of modern Botany and the Infinite Monkey Cage
Some ideas work and some ideas don’t. Sticking Prof Brian Cox and Robin Ince together for half an hour each week works. The Infinite Monkey
Plants & People
Blogger goes bananas (in a good way)
A blog post by Jeremy Cherfas on Vaviblog connects banana domestication research to cassava research and older banana domestication puzzles.
Growth & Development
Will the first artificial intelligence by inspired by plants?
I didn’t pick this up straight away from TED as I hadn’t watched it. I’ve not heard of plant neurobiology before.* After the…
Plants & People
Are there online communities?
There’s thoughtful post up at Civil War Memory by Kevin Levin, Can You Afford Not To Use Social Media? Some of his thoughts are similar
Plants & People
New botanic initiative is the ‘Size of Wales’
An interesting twist on an old cliché has been launched at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. In the UK the size of Wales has long
Ecosystems
How old is my meadow?
A simple method could help estimate the age of a meadow, potentially aiding in conservation surveys and archaeological research.
Plants & People
Don’t Be So Cerebral?
What’s the best way to write about science? It depends who you’re writing for.