We're organizing our classrooms at the greenhouse and have been going through a whole bunch of old plant books and magazines. I present the cover of the January 1986 issue of the American Orchid Society Bulletin. Yes, that's a real orchid. No, I dont know why it looks like that.

Someone convinced people in Australia to listen to the Oz 9 podcast! This means the world to us that we got to be the #3 Comedy Podcast in your country/continent for absolutely any length of time at all. Thank you for listening!

Not to be too maddeningly vague, but I'm getting to do the coolest thing with one of my very favorite podcasts, and I can't wait to tell you about it! I was amazing to put faces to some voices and characters I've been listening to for years!

Thus podcast is a thinly veiled excuse to talk with my friends and meet some of the coolest people on the planet. I've had a bunch of incredible interviews this year already and get to talk to one of my very favorite humans this afternoon!

This is massive.

'This new strategy would eliminate the need to create all these different shots, because it targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus.'

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Come on my goosechase rollercoaster to see the eclipse in this hot n fresh Field Trip episode!

Were there storms? Tears? New friends? Hop in, folks. It’s a RIDE.

Alieward.com/ologies/eclipse

God help me, I did.

Fresh n' hot!

In this new Field Trip: Eclipse episode, I join umbraphiles chasing totality. A white-knuckle rollercoaster shitshow beautiful joy to make.

If you saw it, relive it. If you didn't, here's what it's like first-hand.

12/10 would chase again
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I've had super limited podcast listening time lately (listen, ironic, I know), but I'm trying to catch up on a billion episodes. I'm happy to report that Ologies is still the gold standard for scratching the itchy part of my brain that always wants to wonder at the universe.

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I just need people to use their brains for a second.

JWST is in space.
The eclipse is only visible on Earth.
This image is not what people are saying it is.

This is the truest tweet I've seen in like a decade.

Y'all, seeing Plants to the Rescue translated and published in different languages and all over the world has been one of the coolest experiences ever.

If you love plants, this newsletter, guest-edited by Vikram Baliga, PhD🌵, is for you! Discover the power of community gardens, why we should preserve prairies, debunking viral 'Weaponized Nonsense' online, & climate action we can all be a part of. talkingclimate.ca/p/the-plant-pr…

They're back! After years of selective breeding and dozens of mauled handlers, life has found a way. The Utah Giant Prairie Dog lives... and trail rides begin today!

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Breaking new ground and leading the way in climate science.

The research Prof. Katharine Hayhoe is doing here will impact the lives of people around the world.

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We’re thrilled to announce this encyclopaedia of mind-boggling random facts!

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