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Hay makes cheese holier…?
The mystery of holey cheese solved with hay!
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Cures: Ancient and Modern…
Ancient medical text books may hold the key to fighting many modern diseases.
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Looks like leaf-like lizards live longer
Draco cornutus lizards live longer thanks to leaf-like colouration and mimicry.
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Plants: nature’s sponge?
Can peppermint cure the ill-effects of second-hand smoking?
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Lowering the bar (well, probably removing it completely…)
Are univariate scatterplots the key to successful data presentation in scientific writing?
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Trees, good for the spirit (and the mind…)
Do trees make us happier?
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Don’t ignore the ‘orphans’!
The FAO has launched a ‘traditional crop of the month’ site to generate more appreciation of the nutritional – and often medical – benefits of food plants.
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Newton thwarted by the ascent of sap
Is botany nothing more than a matter of physics?
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A blooming disgrace…?
Is Bloom’s Taxonomy responsible for the severe decline in UK students’ knowledge of field biology skills?
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Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
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GM crops, quantity or quality…?
GM crops can help, not only with the quantity of food produced worldwide, but also the quality. Golden Rice has enhanced levels of β-carotene.
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So that’s what bears do in the woods!
Through plant–animal interaction, black bears have been shown to help growth and reproduction of yellow rabbitbrush, by feeding on ants.