Science Shared
Science Shared: May 16
This week: hybrids everywhere, plasmodesmata in many places, and more.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
John Stevens Henslow
Meeting Plant Scientists
Diego Paredes-Burneo: From Geranium Seeds to Genomic Histories
Botany One interviews Dr Diego Paredes-Burneo, a Peruvian botanist investigating how the extraordinary biodiversity of the Tropical Andes emerged through rapid and complex evolutionary processes.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany May 11, 2026
This week: an eco-friendly way to deter pests, resilient roots, how seeds wake at the right time, and more.
Plant of the Week
Taraxacum officinale
Familiarity breeds contempt
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
🇲🇽 Mothers' Day for Mexico
Science Shared
Science Shared: May 9
This week: memories of floods, how could we find peer-reviewers more easily, and more.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
Commemorating Professor William Stearn
Growth & Development
Open Sesame! The Tiny Doorway That Wakes a Seed
New research shows that Dodonaea viscosa seeds rely on a tiny slit to let water in, and understanding how it opens could help germinate them.
annals-of-botany
Getting to the root of resilient agriculture
Scientists uncover root patterns that improve maize growth in different soils
Meeting Plant Scientists
Blank Spaces No More
'Taylor Swift Method' for Teaching Botany Brings Plants into the Daylight
Ecosystems
Fire Signals and Dry Soils: How Cerrado Seeds Time Their Germination
By testing how seeds respond to drought and smoke together, scientists uncover how plants in Brazil’s Cerrado survive the harsh mix of fire, dry spells and unpredictable rain.