Feeding People With Science: Plant Researchers Brace for Population Explosion
By 2050, the world will require nearly twice as much food as today. But producing it without consuming any extra resources — so as not to exacerbate climate change — […]
Plants know if you are eating them
by Bridie Pearson-Jones in discover Picture: SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Feeling smug about your vegan lifestyle? This will give you pause for thought. Research from the University of Missouri has shown that plants can sense when they’re going to be eaten – and they don’t like it. https://player.vimeo.com/video/99635253 The study […]
Dead for 32,000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is Revived
Source: NY Times. Living plants have been generated from the fruit of a little arctic flower, the narrow-leafed campion, that died 32,000 years ago, a team of Russian scientists reports. The fruit was stored by an arctic ground squirrel in its burrow on the tundra of northeastern Siberia and lay […]