The Plant Connection
Jochen SchenkReflections, essays, stories, and songs about our connections with plants in science, history, culture, food, and everyday life.
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Peer review: Subjectively checking for objectivity
Fig. 1. Pier review on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore In Venice, Italy. Photo by the author, with many apologies for the pun.
‘Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms t...
Air bubbles in plants
Fig. 1. Leaves of a European beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Photo by the author.
It has been more than 130 years since scientists figured out how plants move water from roots to the leaves.[i] But how do they do that with air bubbles in the...
How do plants move water?
Fig. 1. Heidelberg, Germany, in the 1890s. Colorized postcard. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia
On a December morning in 1894, the time traveler found himself on the cobblestoned streets of the beautiful city of Heidelberg, seat of Germany...
Nothing is real
Instead of the weekly post on The Plant Connection, today I published my first post of my new Substack Other Connections. It is called ‘Nothing is real: Ancient ideas about our material connections to the natural world’. I would love for yo...
Wallflowers
Photo of the New Jersey Meadowlands by Claus Holzapfel. Check out his amazing bird and nature photography at https://www.flickr.com/photos/136863444@N08/
The photo at the top shows, well what does it show? Some birds standing in water, you...
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Plant biologist, Cal State Fullerton professor; writing about all our human connections to plants and the natural world in science, history, culture, food, and everyday life.
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