Nature reports on a hidden side of wetlands conservation, with the discovery that those snorkel-rooted mangrove trees – which are getting pretty scarce most places – are … Read the rest “Mangroves save us. (If we save them.)”
Image from the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, who found it in Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales… Read the rest “Science Art: Esbene, by Samuel de Champlain, c. 1602”
…is the plant. This plant, Discovery says. It’s broken the speed record for sucking animals to their deaths:
… Read the rest “Deadlier than the animal.”Their traps suck in prey in less than a millisecond, making this
Science Daily reveals the health-boosting chemicals found in maple syrup:
… Read the rest “Maple syrup – now *that’s* sweet….”University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram, who specializes in medicinal plant research, has found
This is Agathis dammara, the tree from which we get dammar gum, used as a varnish on paintings, a glaze on food or an ingredient in incense.
Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science Art: Aghatis Dammars, Nordisk familjebok”
This is the plant that produces those memory-enhancing extracts you see in the health food aisle of the drug store – the one that long-lived Chinese monks reputedly tended for thousands… Read the rest “Science Art: Gingko bilobe, Dictionnaire encyclopédique Trousset, 1886 – 1891”
Another William Miller illustration – this time, a simple flower study in color.
Odd how spending a few moments looking at this Erigeron alpinum leaves me feeling just as mortal as… Read the rest “Science Art: (Loddiges 590) Erigeron alpinum by W. Miller”
Forget asteroids or nuclear war. Science Daily now has me worried that we’re all going to die from toxic pond scum:
… Read the rest “The green planet-killer.”The microscopic plants usually exist in small concentrations,
There’s been a bit of news recently about the discovery of a large number of glowing mushroom species in various corners of the world. This image is not one … Read the rest “Science Art: Phallus drewesii, by Brian Perry.”
Happy 4/20, all you stoners.
This is where rope comes from. And paper, and oil, and birdseed, and cheese, and fabric, and…. duuuuude.
Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science art: Cannabis sativa, Nordisk familjebok”
Peggy Lee, Santana
and Hugh Lofting all predicted, in their own ways, what MSNBC’s Cosmic Log is reporting as news… about Paragon Space Development Corp’s ambitious… Read the rest “Moon Flowers.”
Pogue’s Posts‘ recent look at the latest TED talks underlines one particular presentation that seems pretty interesting. It’s by a fellow named Kamal Meattle who’s… Read the rest “Green up your office, green out your lungs.”
This Lovecraftian landscape is jasmine tobacco. Not waving, photosynthesizing.
From Louisa Howard at the Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility.
Dude.
Cannabis researchers in China have found world’s oldest stash:
… Read the rest “Ancient High.”CBC reports:
Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote
Scanned from The Encyclopedia of Food (The stories of foods by which we live, how and where they grow and are marketed, their comparative values and how best to use and enjoy… Read the rest “Science Art: Gathering the Ripe Pods of the Cacao, or Chocolate, Tree”
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