RE: Cool Science-y Tidbits
May 22, 2019 at 7:55 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2019 at 8:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Dodder, a parasitic vine familiar to gardeners due to it's demonstrable preference for tomato in the early (motile) stages of it's life, has been found to be used, in turn, by those plants as a neighborhood watch hotline. Cuscuta chemically telegraphs the onset of an herbivore attack, boosting toxin production in unattacked plants.
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/32/E6703.full
Here's a fun one. The steam engine was not invented by Thomas Savory in 1698.....but somewhere around 50ad by Hero of Alexandria.
https://www.pnas.org/content/114/32/E6703.full
Here's a fun one. The steam engine was not invented by Thomas Savory in 1698.....but somewhere around 50ad by Hero of Alexandria.
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