Wildflower and fruit, from two 16th-century Europeans.
More specifically:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Medlar, Poppy Anenome, Pear by Hoefnagel and Bocskay, 1561-2.”Medlar, Poppy Anenome, Pear ( 1561 – 1562 ).
Watercolour, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment
This is Litchi chinensis, 荔枝, the lychee, sometimes called a “lychee nut” although it’s not nut-like at all. It’s more like a muscadine (tough skin, sweet juiciness)… Read the rest “Science Art: Lychee, from Flora Sinensis, 1656.”
Spice.
In watercolor.
It looks like it would smell delicious.
From 40 Drawings of Plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, a collection of natural history paintings done by Chinese… Read the rest “Science Art: Nutmeg Tree, from 40 drawings of plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, c.1824.”
Discovery News hypes the headline a little here (but forgivably) by declaring that a 45-million-year-old prehistoric coffee has been discovered preserved in amber:
… Read the rest “Coffee (and pepper) of the dinosaurs discovered.”Named Strychnos
Nature reports on the creation of a rose implanted with electronic circuits:
… Read the rest “A bionic rose, for electronic lovers – growing circuitry inside.”Researchers at Linköping University have created bionic roses by incorporating plant-compatible electronic
Motherboard checks out the state of our nomenclature, and the findings are not good:
… Read the rest “If you’re looking at a plant in a museum, there’s a better than 50% chance it’s named wrong.”n a study published on Monday in the journal Current Biology, researchers from Oxford University and
Nature uncovers just how hard it can be to do research when your subjects keep dying:
… Read the rest “Italian police pressure scientists investigating olive blight.”In the past year, plant scientists at various institutes in Bari, the capital of the Puglia region, have
Science Daily peers into the smoke clouds to see the truth behind biodegradable computer chips make from wood:
… Read the rest “Wood chips (of the computer variety).”Portable electronics — typically made of non-renewable, non-biodegradable
I love peppergrass. This is a great illustration of the middle part of the plant – there are actually some narrow, spiky-looking leaves that are even tastier. (I … Read the rest “Science Art: Peppergrass, by Zoe Keller”
How can this vine *know* what to look like? Science looks at the first known case of shape-shifting mimicry in the vegetable kingdom:
… Read the rest “This vine changes shape to fit in with whatever’s nearby.”Fewer examples of mimicry—or crypsis—are known for
Energy Post calls it “the BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH EVER!” That seems a bit much, but it is interesting that a Boeing-sponsored group in Abu Dhabi has figured out how to make super-clean,… Read the rest “Boeing announces (with much hype) new way to turn deserts into biofuel farms.”
National Geographic reveals what really goes on in a plant’s… mind?… when sap-thirsty plant killers are on the prowl:
… Read the rest “Plants hear herbivores coming. No, really.”[University of Wisconsin researcher John] Orrock
In the 11th century, this was the pinnacle of medical knowledge – a book called Kitab fi al-adwiyah al-mufradah compiled by an Andalusian scholar Abu Ja`far al-Ghafiqi.
It’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate from Kitab fi al-adwiyah al-mufradah by Abu Ja`far al-Ghafiqi.”
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