Alun Salt
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Headliner Video, a podcast tool that could help botanists produce video
One of the problems botanists have creating social video is a lot of the time the subject is static. Headliner Video is a tool that helps with that problem.
Why are/aren’t we following you on Twitter?
Who do we follow on Twitter? Here’s why we follow people and why we don’t.
Can a cold snap put a stop to sex?
The alpine plant Ranunculus kuepferi can face spring frosts while growing reproductive organs. Does the cold explain why sometimes the plant doesn’t bother with sex?
The secret to conserving an endangered orchid is in the soil
A study of orchids shows the secret to conservation isn’t in the plants you can see, but the fungi you can’t.
Do Oaks Encourage the Baby-Eating Chipmunks of China?
You might expect acorn-eating chipmunks to be the enemies of oaks. New research out of Henan and Jiangxi suggests that the chipmunks aid oaks because acorns are not the only babies that the chipmunks eat.
What can you do with a holobiont?
It’s said all plants are holobionts. If that’s true why bother creating a new word? What value does the word holobiont bring that plant doesn’t already have?
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