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Calibrating data in a weightless environment
A Test to Verify the Biocompatibility of a Method for Plant Culture in a Microgravity Environment by Brown and Chapman is an example of the basic
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30 years of Astrobotany in Annals of Botany
“In the newspapers I used to read about shuttles going up and down all the time, but it bothered me a little bit that I never
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The Martian by Andy Weir
A while back I asked for recommendations for science fiction reading involving botany. On our Facebook page Claire Soulsby suggested The Martian by Andy Weir. I’
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A new website introducing genetic engineering
The Journey of a Gene is a new website at UNL-Nebraska that teaches the basics of genetic engineering. There’s a combination of videos, some
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Stevia hits the mainstream with ‘Life’
Last year Aurélien Azam blogged about Stevia in his post, Can we find all the tastes we like in the Wild? He mentions Stevia in it
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The hidden cost of frankincense
A while back we covered a paper in Annals of Botany on tapping frankincense for resin. The mapping of the canals in the tree promised to
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Does Plant Science need a Sagan or Sheldon?
Here’s a slow reaction to a post at ASPB Plant Science Blog by Ian Street, Communicating Plant Science in the Digital Age. It’s taking
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It’s fruit Jim, but not as we know it
There’s an interesting paper we’ve just moved to free access: Gymnosperm B-sister genes may be involved in ovule/seed development and, in some
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One plus one does not always make two, when plants add up costs and benefits
Mutualism is a relatively simple concept in plant science. Plants will reward other organisms that perform services for them, so both the plant and partner are
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Plant Science around the web…
The Indian Botanists have a review of ‘Green Wars- Dispatches from a Vanishing World’ by Bahar Dutt as well as an interview with her about the
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Sweet nectar gives ferns a bitter taste
A collection of papers on Extrafloral Nectaries has recently moved into Free Access at Annals of Botany. One of the papers raises the question, can a
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How to grow plants 400km above the ground
Quora is a site for posting questions to the internet. Sometimes those questions get answer. For example Robert Frost, who has trained astronauts for the International