Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant NYT: Science Carl Zimmer 31 May 2024 at 11:00 A fern from a Pacific island carries 50 times as much DNA as humans do.
A New Evolutionary Tree of Flowers? For Spring? Groundbreaking. NYT: Science Veronique Greenwood 11 May 2024 at 05:03 By sequencing an enormous amount of data, a group of hundreds of researchers has gained new insights into how flowers evolved on Earth. ยฉ Baker et al., Nature 2024A new, time-calibrated phylogenetic tree for angiosperms based on 353 nuclear genes.
Orangutan Seen Healing His Facial Wound With Medicinal Plant NYT: Science Douglas Main 2 May 2024 at 11:00 For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal properties.