Archive: How Do Plants Know When to Bloom?
January 5, 2024
From 20 years ago, this entry still raises awe about springtime flowering processes.
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SHLooping Undermines Scientific Understanding
January 26, 2021
It's the Stuff Happens Law plus Oops, throwing mud into the water of science, fouling understanding.
Words of Wisdom from Wildflowers
April 12, 2019
Springtime is here and the wildflowers are blooming. What lessons can nature lovers learn from these beauties?
Flowers Create 'Electric Landing Lights' for Bees
June 14, 2016
How do bees know which flowers to visit, and where on the flowers to land?
Biomimetics Inspires Education
March 7, 2016
Students and teachers are catching on to the potential of biological design to inspire good science.
Flower in Amber Shows No Evolution
January 5, 2014
The details in a flower said to be 100 million years old look just like those in modern flowers.
How Intricate Patterns Grow in Flowers, Feathers
May 1, 2013
How does a growing flower bud or feather follicle know where to put the intricate colors and patterns on a mature flower or feather? Scientists are beginning to get partial answers.
Ready, Aim, Flower
May 26, 2012
How does a plant know the time to flower? A new study describes a process involving genes, sunlight sensors, switches, clocks, feedback loops and messages.