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How Some Critters Evolved to Eat Poison

12 Thursday Jun 2014

Posted by sedeer in Arthropods, Evolution, Insects, Plants

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animals, biology, Herbivore, insects, plants, poison, Popular science, science, toxin

Since plants generally can’t move around, they have to rely on other strategies to cope with animals eager to turn them into a meal. Chemical weapons are a significant part of plants’ defensive arsenal. For example, thousands of plant species produce precursors of the deadly poison hydrogen cyanide; when an animal eats the plant, the precursors get converted into cyanide, which kills the offending animal. Continue reading →

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Found while foraging (March 18, 2014)

18 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by sedeer in Foraging

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biology, epigenetics, gender, links, plants, Popular science, science, science and society, Science communication, Science in Society, sexuality

It’s been a few months since my last linkfest, so it seems like high time for a fresh collection. The transition to a new continent and  new career has taken up a lot of my time and energy over the last few months, and unfortunately that’s meant I’ve given Inspiring Science less attention than I’d like to. Hopefully I’ll settle into a new rhythm soon and start posting more frequently again. In the meantime you can also find my writing at Accumulating Glitches or my Beacon project if you’re hankering for more.  As always, feel free to add more links in the comments!
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Why are there so many plant species in tropical forests?

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by sedeer in Conservation, Evolution, Insects, Plants

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biology, density, diversity, forests, fungi, pathogen, plants, Popular science, science, tropical forests

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The forgotten life of plants

24 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by sedeer in Genetics, Plants

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biology, botany, Communication, DNA, epigenetics, Garden, Herbivore, memory, nature, Plant, plants, Popular science, science

Peter Newell's illustraion of The Garden of Live Flowers (Image credit: Wikimedia commons)In Lewis Caroll’s Through the Looking Glass, Alice wanders into a garden with flowers that can talk — the “garden of Live Flowers”.  Of course, all plants are alive, but here the flowers are called “live” because they can talk.  One of the greatest examples of human arrogance might be our attitude towards plants.  We treat plants as objects, as part of the background, as mere things without any agency.  We tend to forget that they’re dynamic, complex living creatures that react and respond to their environment — just in unfamiliar ways and on a different timescale.  Continue reading →

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