Tag: plants
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New species of metal-eating plant discovered in the Philippines
from pensoft.net: Scientists from the University of the Philippines, Los Baños have discovered a new plant species with an unusual lifestyle — it eats nickel for a living — accumulating up to 18,000 ppm of the metal in its leaves without itself being poisoned, says Professor Edwino Fernando, lead author of the report. Such an…
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Video: ‘The Botany of Desire’
from therealfoodchannel.com: It’s astonishing how little we learn about plants in school or through the media. We’re dependent on them – 100% dependent on them – yet the average person knows more about Hollywood celebrities and football scores than he or she knows about the plants within a hundred yard radius of where they live.
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The Crazy Flower Business Is Not Rational
Not only is business not always rational, but a case can be made that most transactions are irrational
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The Botany Of Desire
If you liked this afternoon’s short clip, you might like the whole film. “The Botany of Desire” How plants shape human life and history.