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Winter isn’t when most people expect to go out looking for rare plants. Yet, for the past four years in Georgia, I’ve spent cold mornings trekking across bare rock, datasheets in hand and HotHands in pocket. I’m searching for a tiny, rare plant that only grows in the shallow pools atop solid granite outcrops. Snorkelwort,


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Fighting fire with fire: How microbe farmers use bacteria for self-defense and other survival functions
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Bats, One Health, and Emerging Infections
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June 1, 2021

The small genetic quirk that could help us fight biodiversity loss
Ben Long
February 7, 2024

Battle for the Ocean's Giant Kelp Forests
John Spiekerman
November 3, 2020

Sleeping Beauty Seeds
athenssciencecafe
April 12, 2020

Zine #3: Plant Phenotyping Edition
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