Plants and Pipettes

we talk about plants and (used to) use pipettes

Category: podcast

  • Day 4 – Kranz means Wreath

    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant. Advent Day 4 – Kranz means ‘wreath’ in German – Plants and Pipettes All views are our own. If you want to comment or correct anything we said, leave a comment under this…

  • Where would you hide a fig? – air pollution, new Ficus, free dyes

    And we’re back! Joram is taking care of yet another human and found the time to talk plant science. This week is just a bunch of cool science stories, next week we’ll be back with our regular structure. … Read more

  • Day 3 – The Christmas Caterpillar

    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant. Advent Day 3 – Pretty Poinsettias, and the Caterpillars that spray them with acid. All views are our own. If you want to comment or correct anything we said, leave a comment under…

  • Day 2 – Poinsettia

    A new door is open on our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant. Advent Day 2 – Poinsettia – Plants and Pipettes All views are our own. If you want to comment or correct anything we said, leave a comment under this post or reach out…

  • Day 1 – The First Christmas Tree

    Door 1 of our podcast advent calendar! Every day we bring you a short story about a festive plant. Day 1 is about the first Christmas tree. You can read more about it here: Advent Day 1 – The First Christmas Tree – Plants and Pipettes. All views are our own. If you want to…

  • The last episode (before the break)

    This is our final episode – before we have to go on a break because Joram can’t stop procreating and will have to raise yet another newborn human. Enjoy this short fun episode about Marianne North, the Holmes effect and not one but two plant hormones that made the news. Marianne North Gallery | Kew Marianne North Marianne…

  • DNA spikey, enzyme no likey – monitoring H2O2 live, seed inspiration, cheatgrass

    Some people say, Joram is too close to still being sick in this episode. Those people are wrong. Joram is just a pretentious stuck up golfer who will never speak again with air freely travelling through his nose. So there’s that. Also, we have plant science for (for real!) and other… stuff. Like a stuffy…

  • Eiersollbruchstellenverursacher – sea slugs, cool new wheat, talking ducks

    Who’s got one foot and so many chloroplasts? Well, not this guy but this weird sea slug. We talked about our friends the chloroplast stealing sea slugs before, and today we bring news on them from a recent study. Do the stolen chloroplasts really work? Find out this and more on today’s fresh episode!… Read…

  • You’re going to need a zebra – Ivy, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, cold plasma

    We’re starting the second batch: 101 to 200. This week, we’re talking STEAM, ivy, and plasma. Also, we finally uncover the personalities of cats. Come along! English Ivy (Hedera helix) , also common ivyALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG (project)Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (Wikipedia)ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG (website)Wake up and smell the extinct leucadendrons Neglect of probability Sueing the state for better…

  • We did it!

    It wasn’t always easy. It was no walk in the park. But with perseverance, focus and endurance we made it to 100 mostly plant science facts! I think we all deserve a round of applause, a pat on the back and a new hoya for the living room. Enjoy!… Read more