The Scientist, as a general science news item site, occasionally features plant-related items, but it has surpassed itself with its January 2014 collection.
Trees in Australia are pulling up gold from deep deposits into their leaves. While phytomining isn’t practical yet, it could help with prospecting for gold.
In lieu of the traditional collection of items in a monthly issue of the Annals of Botany, Mr P. Cuttings presents the following selection for your delectation, delight, distraction, diversion, etc, during this...