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botany

Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds

Life

Delicate nano-flowers coaxed from simple seeds

A riotous garden of tiny structures will spring up in a few hours just by making slight changes to liquid in a glass beaker

Regulars

Kew lays on a feast of fruit and veg for eyes and mind

Life

Kew lays on a feast of fruit and veg for eyes and mind

CultureLab

Mon dieu! French wine is from Italy

Earth

Mon dieu! French wine is from Italy

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Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Life

Nana from heaven? How our favourite fruit came to be

Features

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

Life

Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres

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Coffee to go: Is this the end of our favourite drink?

Earth

Coffee to go: Is this the end of our favourite drink?

Features

Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

Life

Sweet scent doubles as repellent for flower eaters

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Plants may be able to 'hear' others

Life

Plants may be able to 'hear' others

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Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism

Earth

Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism

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Why size matters in the plant world too

Life

Why size matters in the plant world too

Male animals are typically larger in big-bodied species, but females outdo them in smaller species. It turns out that many plants also obey "Rensch's rule"

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Earth

Ice-age nettles may survive in dark Chinese caves

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Earth

Plants and fungi share fair-trade underground market

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Environment

Plants that act like people

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Earth

Botanic gardens blamed for spreading plant invaders

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