Rare and monotypic Amborella is probably the living – extant – flowering plant closest evolutionarily to the first true member of the angiosperm group.
As any self-respecting Frenchman (i.e. those who remain citizens of France and who pay their taxes) will tell you, the basis of a good wine is ‘terroir’, that mystical ‘je ne sais quoi’ that embraces the interaction of...
Times are hard; everybody wants more (but seems to be getting less…), many demands are placed upon the flimsy, finite finances of states and their funding agencies. But if future food and energy supplies are to be...