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Category Archives: Botany

Emerald ash borer killing more than just trees

January 25, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

More than just the architecture and student body changed over the last century at the University of Illinois in Urbana. There was  a point where you couldn’t see from one […]

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Botany, Our Environment, Science News

Science only adds…

January 2, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Let’s kick off the new year with some beauty rendered more beautiful through the lens of science. Animator and director Fraser Davidson created a video around a clip of theoretical […]

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Botany, Nature

Pitcher plant kills by slipperyness

December 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The pitcher plant Heliamphora nutans puts the Sarlacc to shame; this carnivorous plant kills more efficiently and with considerably less effort. Researchers have been studying the physical properties of the plant […]

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Botany, How Things Work, Science News

Penguin Hops hits taps today

November 28, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s not very often that an aquarium and a brewery can come together on a project… especially beer. You can be the judge of the collaboration’s success today – Penguin […]

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Botany, Science in Chicago, Science News

And you thought Venus Flytraps were cool…

October 1, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

But can they catapult their prey to their doom? I think not. The sundew has long been a very unassuming carnivorous plant. Species that live in the United States are […]

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Botany, Ecology

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