It's a belated present, the PDF of the handout we've been using on stands for Botany One.
Category - Science Communication
Alun Salt
The War Between Trees and Grasses by Howard Thomas: The Book I wished I’d had as an Undergraduate.
What drives the author to spend time on the piano to re-establish calm or why did the song The Teddy Bears’ Picnic leave an unsettling feeling as a child? These comments are just some of the fascinating thoughts which...
Laura Crook
Headliner Video, a podcast tool that could help botanists produce video
One of the problems botanists have creating social video is a lot of the time the subject is static. Headliner Video is a tool that helps with that problem.
Seeking Science? See ScienceSeeker
Every so often you find a new site, and then discover everyone else has known about it for years. For once, this is a site I’ve known about for ages – but it seems not everyone else has. So for those of you...
Experimental Eating in Food: Delicious Science
Food: Delicious Science connects food, science, and people compellingly. The stories is presents are a good resource for instructors and those looking for ways to deepen curiosity about food and plants. It may also...
Ian Street
iNaturalist: An App to Ease Plant Blindness
Ian Street finds your phone is getting ever more powerful, with a species recognition app.
The State of The World’s Plants 2017
Orchids top the list for most traded, and endangered, plant families. This is according to the new Kew Gardens State of The World’s Plants report (SOTWP) released on May 18, 2017. The Convention of International Trade...
Launching ‘Botany Live’: a global online event to celebrate ‘Fascination of Plants Day 2017’
What do you think of when you think of plants?
Anne Osterrieder
The fundamental elements of plant construction *
The recent confirmation of the names of four new chemical elements is a tribute to the creative powers of humankind. It also shows how much we’ve advanced since ancient times, when it was widely believed that all...
Nigel Chaffey
From plants to patients and back: An interview with Dr Kate Castleden
Career paths are a mysterious thing. As they rarely are linear, it helps to pick up miscellaneous transferable skills on the way, and spot new opportunities as they arise. We hope to feature many different career paths...
A picture is worth a thousand bullet points
Hands up if you have ever ‘speed-read’ a scientific paper just by looking at the figures. Don’t feel guilty, it’s your brain’s fault. Images appeal to us, as we are drawn to bright colours...
Botany needs more rap songs
You might be used to writing scientific abstracts and reports – but have you ever tried to put your research into a rap? A few weeks ago, we received a not-so-usual press release: Four eighth grade students from...
