Have you heard of fynbos? This week, we discuss how the fynbos ecosystem withstands turning into a forest, what problems arise from academic bullying and why you’d pump nectar out of a flower.

Have you heard of fynbos? This week, we discuss how the fynbos ecosystem withstands turning into a forest, what problems arise from academic bullying and why you’d pump nectar out of a flower. 

Fynbos plants hold their ground with the world’s thinnest roots | Science News Audouinia capitata (L.) Brongn.Smokey the Gardener | Science NewsFynbos – WikipediaBiome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community | PNASThe tale of two international women in 20th century plant science | John Innes Centre Irma Andersson-Kottö – Wikipedia Anna Atkins | `ADIANTUM CUNEATUM (FROM THE CONSERVATORY AT CHATSWORTH)’ | MutualArtThe opinion piece about bullying in academics on twitterGender Paygap Bot on TwitterThe largest population of a rare, protected orchid found in a military base in Corsica — ScienceDaily Structural dynamics of real and modelled Solanum stamens: implications for pollen ejection by buzzing beesStructural dynamics of real and modelled Solanum stamens: implications for pollen ejection by buzzing bees (on biorXiv)Pollinators like their flowers with a dash of salt | Science | AAAS An extinct rat shows CRISPR’s limits for resurrecting species | Science News

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