- BBC Science/Nature
- 20/12/17 10:46
Scientists find 156 new plants and fungi, including six new species of toadstool in British woodlands.
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Scientists find 156 new plants and fungi, including six new species of toadstool in British woodlands.
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Researchers from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that assesses the implications of the growth of private genetic testing for the field of marketing and evaluates ethical challenges that arise. The researchers review past research in the field of behavioral genetics and use these findings to incorporate genetic influences into...
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Botanists list plants newly discovered or named by scientists in 2020RBG Kew selects 10 of 156 species officially named this yearThe ugliest orchid in the world, a toadstool found at Heathrow airport, UK, and a potential food source from Peru, among showstoppers on list Orchids account for more than a third of the newly named species Concerns that several of these rare species, already threatened...
Kew Gardens botanists also named a new toadstool found at Heathrow airport and a bizarre scaly shrub from NamibiaThe “ugliest orchid in the world”, a toadstool discovered at Heathrow airport, and a bizarre scaly shrub have topped a list of new species named by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and their collaborators in 2020.The researchers said the 156 new plants and fungi...
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