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where botany meets the cutting board
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@katherineapreston.bsky.social and @jldosnas.bsky.social are busy behind the scenes on the book version of The Botanist in the Kitchen! We can't wait to share new work with you. In the meantime please enjoy our backlog at botanistinthekitchen.blog
Do we sound like this? youtube.com/shorts/e-HAh...
Next time you’re in the woods, look at the tree’s FICO score #trees #botany #forest #comedy #shorts
YouTube video by Matt Lyons
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August 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do we sound like this? youtube.com/shorts/e-HAh...
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Did you see @racheljabaily.bsky.social new open educational resource "Biology of Plants" coloring textbook when you were at #Botany2025 ? No? WELL GO CHECK IT OUT: oercommons.org/courses/the-... Gorgeous illustrations by MGB Hurst 😍
The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook
The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook was created by Dr. Rachel S. Jabaily (Colorado College Dept. Organismal Biology & Ecology) and M.G.B. Hurst (Colorado College class of 2025) with a grant from t...
oercommons.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Did you see @racheljabaily.bsky.social new open educational resource "Biology of Plants" coloring textbook when you were at #Botany2025 ? No? WELL GO CHECK IT OUT: oercommons.org/courses/the-... Gorgeous illustrations by MGB Hurst 😍
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What’s the first thing I did after I got back home from #Botany2025?
Showed off that sweet bulbous @ijpsjournal.bsky.social journal cover to my mom, which prompted her to then read the article!
The bulbous propaganda spreads!!
✌️😎🧅 #PlantPeopleFTW
Showed off that sweet bulbous @ijpsjournal.bsky.social journal cover to my mom, which prompted her to then read the article!
The bulbous propaganda spreads!!
✌️😎🧅 #PlantPeopleFTW
August 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What’s the first thing I did after I got back home from #Botany2025?
Showed off that sweet bulbous @ijpsjournal.bsky.social journal cover to my mom, which prompted her to then read the article!
The bulbous propaganda spreads!!
✌️😎🧅 #PlantPeopleFTW
Showed off that sweet bulbous @ijpsjournal.bsky.social journal cover to my mom, which prompted her to then read the article!
The bulbous propaganda spreads!!
✌️😎🧅 #PlantPeopleFTW
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This week we have an appraisal of a book about plants – mainly angiosperms, and with an emphasis on their flowers and floral biology.
Intrigued?
More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/06/06/2...
Cheers!
#Botany
#PlantScience
Intrigued?
More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/06/06/2...
Cheers!
#Botany
#PlantScience
24 hours of flower power…
“Flower Day” by Sandra Knapp presents 24 mini-essays on diverse plants, highlighting their biology, ecology, and ethnobotanical significance. The book reflects on floral beauty and the …
plantcuttings.uk
June 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This week we have an appraisal of a book about plants – mainly angiosperms, and with an emphasis on their flowers and floral biology.
Intrigued?
More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/06/06/2...
Cheers!
#Botany
#PlantScience
Intrigued?
More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/06/06/2...
Cheers!
#Botany
#PlantScience
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May 25, 1925: A grand jury in Dayton, Tenn., indicts John T. Scopes on a misdemeanor count of violating the state's law against teaching evolution. Witnesses against him include his high school students who testify he read from a textbook dealing with the banned science. 1/2
May 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
May 25, 1925: A grand jury in Dayton, Tenn., indicts John T. Scopes on a misdemeanor count of violating the state's law against teaching evolution. Witnesses against him include his high school students who testify he read from a textbook dealing with the banned science. 1/2
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Talking Biotech 459 - where did the key domestication mutations in corn come from? Were they present in resident gene pools waiting to be selected, or new mutations? I discuss with @jrossibarra and his student Regina Fairbanks.
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
May 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Talking Biotech 459 - where did the key domestication mutations in corn come from? Were they present in resident gene pools waiting to be selected, or new mutations? I discuss with @jrossibarra and his student Regina Fairbanks.
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
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Without bees and other pollinators a lot of our food wouldn't exist!
When you eat today, think of the tiny helpers who worked hard to produce your food!
#WorldBeeDay #FoodHeroes
When you eat today, think of the tiny helpers who worked hard to produce your food!
#WorldBeeDay #FoodHeroes
May 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Without bees and other pollinators a lot of our food wouldn't exist!
When you eat today, think of the tiny helpers who worked hard to produce your food!
#WorldBeeDay #FoodHeroes
When you eat today, think of the tiny helpers who worked hard to produce your food!
#WorldBeeDay #FoodHeroes
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This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate.
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit?
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Cacao #Chocolate #Food #Vegan #Environment #Agriculture
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit?
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Cacao #Chocolate #Food #Vegan #Environment #Agriculture
This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try the whole cacao fruit?
grist.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This snack company is trying to change the way you think about chocolate.
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit?
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Cacao #Chocolate #Food #Vegan #Environment #Agriculture
Making chocolate wastes most of the cacao plant. Are you ready to try other parts of the cacao fruit?
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Cacao #Chocolate #Food #Vegan #Environment #Agriculture
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Prepping for a lecture in China and just remembered this talk I gave in 2023 about oak reproduction, dispersal, migration. Some of the most fascinating research I've read is represented here... enjoy, and feel free to share.
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
Migration - 2023
In a Nutshell Oak reproduction, dispersal, migration OUTLINE: Oaks as individuals Reproduction / natural history Dispersal Migration The upshot: genes knitting individuals into populations Andrew Hipp...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Prepping for a lecture in China and just remembered this talk I gave in 2023 about oak reproduction, dispersal, migration. Some of the most fascinating research I've read is represented here... enjoy, and feel free to share.
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
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🌼🐝 We’re buzzing into the weekend with some fascinating pollination science 🐝🌼
A new study reveals how flower health, namely turgor pressure, affects buzz pollination mechanics.
🌸 Wilted flowers = poor response = struggling bees 🐝
📽️ Don’t miss the video showing how tricky it gets!
#PlantScience 🧪
A new study reveals how flower health, namely turgor pressure, affects buzz pollination mechanics.
🌸 Wilted flowers = poor response = struggling bees 🐝
📽️ Don’t miss the video showing how tricky it gets!
#PlantScience 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🌼🐝 We’re buzzing into the weekend with some fascinating pollination science 🐝🌼
A new study reveals how flower health, namely turgor pressure, affects buzz pollination mechanics.
🌸 Wilted flowers = poor response = struggling bees 🐝
📽️ Don’t miss the video showing how tricky it gets!
#PlantScience 🧪
A new study reveals how flower health, namely turgor pressure, affects buzz pollination mechanics.
🌸 Wilted flowers = poor response = struggling bees 🐝
📽️ Don’t miss the video showing how tricky it gets!
#PlantScience 🧪
Epic and useful thread on the cause of climate change by the indomitable @katharinehayhoe.com
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Epic and useful thread on the cause of climate change by the indomitable @katharinehayhoe.com
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A complete and dynamic tree of birds - out today in PNAS! Teamwork with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and others at
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A complete and dynamic tree of birds - out today in PNAS! Teamwork with @eliotmiller.bsky.social and others at
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@birdsoftheworld.bsky.social and Open Tree of Life to put together current relationships across all birds. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US
Images capture the timeless beauty of America's ancient forests
Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US
www.newscientist.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Photographer Mitch Epstein's years-long project highlights the majesty and vulnerability of old growth forests across the US
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The average American diet requires about 2 acres of land per person per year (and that’s food grown and raised by people who are experts at growing and raising food)
The problem with a "Grow Your Own" approach to tariffs and food security is that I get one bunch of small bananas once a year.
April 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The average American diet requires about 2 acres of land per person per year (and that’s food grown and raised by people who are experts at growing and raising food)
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Chocolate lovers take note. A comprehensive study across three continents shows natural pollination of cacao is declining while higher temperatures reduce yields by up to 31%. Read about practical solutions for sustainable production.
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Could Climate Change and Pollinator Loss Turn Chocolate Back into an Expensive Delicacy?
A new study outlines some of the biggest threats that environmental change poses to the worldwide production of cacao,...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Chocolate lovers take note. A comprehensive study across three continents shows natural pollination of cacao is declining while higher temperatures reduce yields by up to 31%. Read about practical solutions for sustainable production.
wp.me/pdRZhH-lUq
wp.me/pdRZhH-lUq
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Botany valentine. Another from years past. New one on Monday!
February 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Botany valentine. Another from years past. New one on Monday!
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Got #Letterboxed in 5 words today by ending with "thymol." Random botanical knowledge pays off. @bitkblog.bsky.social botanistinthekitchen.blog/2017/09/23/c...
Carrot top pesto through the looking glass
Isomers are molecules that have the same chemical constituents in different physical arrangements. Some terpenoid isomers have very different aromas and are important food seasonings. A batch of ca…
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December 29, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Got #Letterboxed in 5 words today by ending with "thymol." Random botanical knowledge pays off. @bitkblog.bsky.social botanistinthekitchen.blog/2017/09/23/c...
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Join us on Wednesday, December 4, at 11 AM PST for the next #PolyploidyWebinar! This month we have Pam & Doug Soltis presenting on the Polyploid Integration Institute and @trevorfaske.bsky.social on analyses of mixed-ploidy data! Sign up (if not already!) to get the zoom: www.barkerlab.net/polyweb
November 30, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Join us on Wednesday, December 4, at 11 AM PST for the next #PolyploidyWebinar! This month we have Pam & Doug Soltis presenting on the Polyploid Integration Institute and @trevorfaske.bsky.social on analyses of mixed-ploidy data! Sign up (if not already!) to get the zoom: www.barkerlab.net/polyweb
Flower/octopus lamps made from plastic water bottles at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage.
December 1, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Flower/octopus lamps made from plastic water bottles at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage.
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Here's a first stab at a starter pack of folks with interests/expertise in scientific writing - its history, culture, and practice; and advice for writers!
Will add folks who post frequently about scientific writing - what it looks like, how to do it, where it came from...
go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU
Will add folks who post frequently about scientific writing - what it looks like, how to do it, where it came from...
go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Here's a first stab at a starter pack of folks with interests/expertise in scientific writing - its history, culture, and practice; and advice for writers!
Will add folks who post frequently about scientific writing - what it looks like, how to do it, where it came from...
go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU
Will add folks who post frequently about scientific writing - what it looks like, how to do it, where it came from...
go.bsky.app/TwZVnjU
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Always grateful there are artistically inclined scientists #scientificillustration
🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Always grateful there are artistically inclined scientists #scientificillustration
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