Archives: Episodes

Yes, this is the plant podcast. No, we are not three people running it. Don’t listen to the bots. We know who we are. We think. 

• Eponyms have no place in modern biology
• In the Name of Plants by Sandra Knapp | Waterstones
• Not just flowering time: a resurrection approach shows floral attraction traits are changing over time
• Genome-wide association study reveals WRKY42 as a novel plant transcription factor that influences oviposition preference of Pieris butterflies | Journal of Experimental Botany | Oxford Academic
• ‘Spell-checker for statistics’ reduces errors in the psychology literature
• Drug Delivery in Plants Using Silk Microneedles – Cao – 2023 – Advanced Materials – Wiley Online Library
• Single-cell proteomics: challenges and prospects | Nature Methods 
• To the proteome and beyond: advances in single-cell omics profiling for plant systems
• Smart orchard design improves crop pollination
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault Virtual Tour 
• Take A Peek Inside Svalbard’s “Doomsday” Seed Vault With This VR Tour | IFLScience
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault Virtual Tour 
• Kew’s “Noah’s Ark” Seed Vault Hits 40,000 Species From Around The World | IFLScience
• Why don’t horseflies land on zebras?

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Believe it or not, we had a chatBot write our title this week. Oh the wonders of science. Speaking of science: plants. Plant science. Sciency plants. planty planty planty science. Now!… Read more

We recorded in advance but then Joram edited late so overall it evens out to just be a day late in your feed. Not that you care, we know you live life like us, one moment at a time, not knowing what day of the week is today. At least we hope you do so we look less messy. Anyway – plants!… Read more

We are back from the break! We are completely different but also pretty much the same so come along and learn about mucus seeds, pink cotton, dandelion physics and a play performed by two very much non-actors.… Read more

While plant science missed out on yet another Nobel prize, you are not missing out on yet another great plant science episode. We have a hairy balled plant, some evidence about ATP and a whole Can of Spinach!… Read more

They trained dogs to search for underground orchids and we trained ourselves to talk about it. Amazing.… Read more

Last week, we wanted to be moss and this week science has listened to us and turned human (cells) into moss. Well kinda. Not really. A little bit. Still, we’re excited to become moss.… Read more

If we could choose, we’d be mosses growing on opposite sides of the same tree.… Read more

Would you trust us if we spoke badly about cheese? This, and other science facts in our newest plant science show for you!… Read more

Sometimes, technology makes our lives better. On other occasions, it makes it much harder. This week was one of those times, the recording equipment failed on us. We still did a fun show full of cool plant science, it just doesn’t sound as nice. Sorry!… Read more