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It wasn’t always easy. It was no walk in the park. But with perseverance, focus and endurance we made it to 100 mostly plant science facts! I think we all deserve a round of applause, a pat on the back and a new hoya for the living room. Enjoy!… Read more

They didn’t think we could do it and then we did. This is batch three of four, with the facts 50 to 75 in our countdown (countup?) to 100 mostly plant science facts. … Read more

We underpromised and overdelivered: You wanted 100 facts, we gave you that and a bit more over the span of 4 episodes. This is batch 2: 26 to 50. We have trees, marine microorganisms, old trees, lasers and a plant that cannot die.… Read more

Yay! It is episode 100! To celebrate, we’re bringen 100 mostly plant science facts to you. Because we can’t ask you to listen to us for THAT long, we’re splitting the bulk. So get ready for the first 25(ish) facts from our giant list!… Read more

This week, we’re talking about the wood wide web and advantages it brings to those connected to it. Also bird facts, plant facts and gun facts (wtf?)!… Read more

This week we’re inspired by a giant dick rocket making its way into space (and also back for some reason). Before we go back to shopping online to fund the next space mission, we’re talking some awesome plant science. #inspiring… Read more

We’re back from the summer break. If you had guessed that we will be more on point, less rambly and more focussed on plants after our break I have to ask: do you even know us? Anyway, we have cool science facts and not a single cut in the entire episode. 

• Sedative Effects of Latexes Obtained from Some Lactuca L. Species Growing in Turkey 
• Dinosaurs were night prowlers, study finds
• Tatsuya Amano on Twitter: “#languagebarriers have multiple major consequences for scientists, the advance of science, and its impact on societies.

Fly like a lemur, sting like an ant in a crow, as my late grandfather used to say to me before I was born. With that in mind, let’s talk about some plant facts. We have new organs, delicious salty plants and a first of its kind almost-social fern. Let’s go!… Read more

I said hey, what’s going on? We’re more or less vaxxed, we’re excited about summer and we’re bringing plant facts! We’re diving deep into epigenetics, discuss climate fixes and talk for a surprisingly long time about marsupial genitalia. The usual.… Read more

We are very hopeful this week that many bad things will come to an end. Also, we talk about a spiky favourite tree, lots of pride in STEM and many other cool things. 

• Monkey puzzle tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana 
• It is pride month all throughout June: Google pride month for a fun effect
• LGBTQ+ Plant Scientists (@LGBTQPlantSci) 
• Mehmet Kurt on Peer Review for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (PRIDE) providing feedback on grant proposals etc for young LGBTQI+ people in STEM
• Pride in STEM | A charitable trust for LGBT+ in Science, Engineering, Tech, and Maths
• 500 Queer Scientists Visibility Campaign : 500 Queer Scientists
• Anna Dye is plant virologist and vector biologist from the US
• Pedro Sena is an ecologist from Brazil
• Yolanda Caceres is an ecologist from Germany
• Han Tan is an assistant professor of plant genetics in the US
• Digital forensics experts prone to bias, study shows
• A Hierarchy of Expert Performance (HEP) applied to Digital Forensics: Reliability and Biasability in Digital Forensics Decision Making | Request PDF
• “It’s a reverse banana peel slap bracelet”
• Morphomechanical Innovation Drives Explosive Seed Dispersal 
• Modeling the 3D genome of plants
• 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type
• Natural temperature fluctuations promote COOLAIR regulation of FLC
• Sound Waves Promote Arabidopsis thaliana Root Growth by Regulating Root Phytohormone Content
• A tuning point in plant acoustics investigation
• Scientists rally around misconduct consultant facing legal threat after challenging COVID-19 drug researcher
• Elisabeth Bik 💉 💉 (@MicrobiomDigest)
• Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them

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