Norway vs. Sugar Maples
After discovering that one of the trees that I have been calling a sugar maple is actually a Norway maple, I've decided I'd better learn how to tell them apart. I've learned about the difference in...
View ArticlePlants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress
A new study suggests that plants that are stressed by drought or physical damage may emit ultrasonic squeals. Plants 'Scream' in the Face of Stress : Read more
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Final score, Plants 1, Chernobyl 0
I found it astonishing that plants did not die off after the Chernobyl disaster. We all know that animals (including humans) returned in a relatively short period of time after the radioactive...
View ArticleFDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a 'Breakthrough Therapy' for Severe Depression
The FDA is helping to speed up the process of developing and approving a drug based on psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance in magic mushrooms, to treat depression. FDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a...
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What Plant is the Most Toxic?
Nature comes up with a whole host of ways to kill. Predators grow scary teeth and claws, and prey develop effective defense mechanisms. Plants are no exception and are just as capable of killing you...
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Let's hear it for fungi!
Fungi are utterly fascinating to me. I find it all over my farm, in myriad forms, indoors and out, in the stable, in the field, on and under plants. Admittedly, I am not so fond of fungi that seem to...
View ArticleEnergy to Matter?
I admit I'm less refined in science than some here would probably like; I don't recall precisely the law concerning matter and energy. The primary thrust of the principle I'm asking about is that which...
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How Do Plant Species Go Extinct?
Extinctions tend to happen every few million or so years. These extinctions don’t just happen to animals, but plants as well. It shouldn’t be surprising, given that plants are living organisms that...
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Are people actually 'plant cursed'
I absolutely swear my mother and I both cannot keep plants alive. Has any scientific research been done to see if passive plant killing is hereditary? Anyone else?
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Natural Discovery: Exemplified
So I'm studying the life cycle of an onion by a process (vs. modern science) I call, the process of natural discovery, which is what science was, before molestation by modern device. Natural discovery,...
View Article"GMO" Myth revealed -planting standard crops less intensively sets world...
No publicity is given to the record rice crop yields obtained by low tech changes to the way plants are looked after, and changing to low intensivity farming, less labor and mechanization use, without...
View ArticleBiometric analysis of plants
Hello, what programs can be used for biometric analysis of plants? I only know "STATISTICA". Are there simple and convenient to use?
View ArticleScience at Large
Good economy is about optimizing your ecology. But modern science at large says, "Screw the economy. Let's make cooler things."
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