Plants & People
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Archaeologists surprised by large maize at El Gigante
The discovery of ancient large maize corn cobs at the El Gigante rockshelter might change how we think about the earliest complex societies in Central America.
Illuminating work on bean domestication
What can you do with a light 10 billion times brighter than the sun? One thing you can do is examine 4000 year old seed coatings.
One picture is worth a thousand words – a community repository is priceless
A community repository of plant illustrations
Sharing scientific code: A short introduction to Git and GitHub
Planning to work with code? Git and Github are free tools to help share your source code.
“Hi, I’m an #ActualLivingScientist”
A survey that said most Americans couldn’t name a living scientist. People on Twitter took this as inspiration for a positive response.
What are the ethics of live-streaming at conferences?
If you’ve only recently come to terms with people tweeting at conferences, there’s another shock coming soon.
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