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One of the great aspects of working in a biology lab is the diversity of lab personnel. I have shared bench space with colleagues from Brazil, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, India, Pakistan, Bulgaria,...Good Science, Bad Science and Not Science
As I’ve written before in this space, weeds are just plants where we don’t want them. A well-mannered garden plant can become a weed merely by growing in the wrong part of the garden. I shouldn’t complain too much as I enjoy weeding. Therapeutic or...Crushing Beetles
Last winter my wife caught me looking at plant porn. The catalogs are beautiful of course, but it’s the garden design books that really get me excited. It’s true that they encourage an unhealthy fantasy version of what one’s garden will look like....Harry! Adelgids!
In many temperate biological communities trees are the dominant organisms in terms of biomass. That is to say, trees are really big and around here most land should be covered by trees. Trees are also producers. Unlike animals, the so-called 47%, trees produce their...E-Edition
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