Norbert Holstein
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Norbert Holstein
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#Iamataxonomist and #IamaBotanist. 🧐🌿Senior Curator-in-Charge (from pines 🌲 to vines 🍇) at NHM London. Views are my own.
If you are a student or young scientist who needs publications for their degree and to get a stable job, the incentive is high. Competition is insane and people become desperate to succeed.
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
However, we are fully aware that the collections are always in need of updating, and this Index will not be the final version. But it's a huge update.
Recuration requires a balance of reasonably stable taxonomy and time to update the collections and out database. So there is plenty left to do.
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This new Index features the integration of the gymnosperm collections (which were missing before) and lately the complete recuration of the whole order Asparagales and the Vitaceae. Many other taxa were overhauled, created and synonymized.
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This bill does not apply to people with a disability per se but to terminally ill. There are criteria for that.
July 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Small note: it's the outer layer of the seed thats smelly, not the "fruit". Gymnosperms don't have fruits because the seeds are not covered by a carpel that eventually develops into a fruit.
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You are seeing from the wrong direction being the common people and their needs
You need to see it from the view of private equity: healthcare is perfect way of making money because people pay everything to get rid of pain or not to die. New drugs exist also solely to make more $$$.
June 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And then they wonder why academics don't have children, why people drop out etc...
June 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Farage generates clicks and viewing rates (because his fans and his haters will engage) and therefore income from advertisers. Media are businesses who have to maximise profits, not report facts, educate or try to seek solutions. It's about making money, always and only.
June 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM