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This week, we’re going cave diving. Not too deep though, we still need a little bit of light to find a moss. We also talk plant forensics and about the cooles news in plant science.… Read more

Oh Carp! Is it a new week already? We have another episode for you, this time talking about priming in maize, biosensors and carp science! Do you know whether carp can hear music? Tell us. We need to know.… Read more

A new episode is here! We’re talking about a sheep made of vegetables in the mountains, microneedles on plant leaves and the amazin work of Joanne Chory.  RaouliaVegetable Lamb of TartaryAlpine Cushion Plants New ZealandBloom of the Week – Vegetable Sheep Joanne ChoryWashington Post article: Joanne Chory is harnessing plants to stop climate changeThe Scientist: Into…

We’re blue, da ba dee, da ba dye – Our sauerkraut senses were tingling when we read today’s science story about a blue dye made from cabbage. Also: something we can learn from the pandemic and how to get burned by parsnips.… Read more

Your favourite tools are back to talk about some great science tools: a 28-page guide book for SciComm, DIY microscopes and the best AI-crafted pickup lines this side of the Mississippi. Also some actual plant science.… Read more

A bumblebee’s tongue is not something we thought to discuss but here we are. This week, by pure coincidence, is all about plants and their pollinators. Follow the buzz, sip some nectar and come along for some plant science.… Read more

This is technically still a plant podcast even though we talk a suspiciously long time about fancy words and worms. There is also a new favourite plant, an awesome researcher and cool new science from the last week or so! Eutrema salsugineum – eXtreme PlantsLearning from Evolution: Thellungiella Generates New Knowledge on Essential and Critical…

This week, we’re welcoming our close friend Etienne Meyer to the show. Together with Joram, he just published a new paper on ATP synthase research and we take the chance to talk about it. … Read more

There is a worm moon on the rise and we’re here for it. This week, we’re talking about the science behind lavender, the antarctic explorer Rosell Ocampo-Friedmann and our favourite bits and pieces from the last week.… Read more

This week, we’re talking about a paper that looks at the internal selection processes happening within plants to decide which fruit makes the cut. Plus a number of interesting facts from the last days. When a Crop Goes Back to the Wil: Feralization No Effect of Selective Maturation on Fruit Traits for a Bird-Dispersed Species, Sambucus…