Ian Street

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A small dose of plant science and Focus with Forest.app

Plants on Earth being productive at some point in their life cycles is critical for their – and our lives. Productivity is also a common new year’s resolution for humans. Productivity in plants means photosynthesis, respiration, and foraging/harvesting air and soil resources to grow and blossom. For scientists, it’s measured in experiments done, data analyzed, […]

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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 inspire reflections about what we eat and where our food comes from. And some of the experiments they do in the […]

Ecosystems

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 of Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora sets the rules and guidelines for traded plants. 26,567 orchids […]

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Botanical Interest in ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’

One of my favorite podcasts is ‘No Such Thing as a Fish‘ (NSTaaF) from the QI elves (writers). Each week, the four co-hosts bring a fact they present to the others and discuss. In Episode 167, “No Such Thing as Milk From a Yak“, two of the four segments were devoted to botanical subjects. One […]

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