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A Good Science Read

A Good Science Read: A Walk on the Wild Side

Professor Richard Fortey joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and Wilding by Isabella Tree.
Back Garden Biology

The Worm that Turned

The species with the biggest biomass in any garden is almost certainly the earthworm. These humble denizens of our soil provide essential services by turning over soil and promoting plant growth.
Back Garden Biology

Seeing the Wood for the Trees (Part II)

We take a walk around a local park to admire more winter trees and see why conifers win over broadleaved trees as we move further North, but even they have to drop their needles during the winter in the farthest reaches of the Boreal forest.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Anna Atkins: Botanical Illustration and Photographic Innovation

This event is supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones of the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
Good Natured

Rescuing rare plants with Carlos Magdalena

On this episode, Sofia and Julia talk to horticulturist Carlos Magdalena, also known as the Plant Messiah. We talk about the importance of plants in our day to day life, ways to make people care about them more and his conservation work at Kew Gardens.
Back Garden Biology
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Seeds of Change

In this episode we take a look at the strange life-cycle of ferns and find out why they are so dependent on water.
Back Garden Biology
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Deceived with ornament

Plants attract pollinators through their colourful flowers but some plants aren't quite what they seem.
Back Garden Biology
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Sex and the single primrose

In early spring, primroses and cowslips can be found in many gardens and parks. Their yellow flowers are certainly beautiful, but they also hold a secret: they come in two different types that can only mate with each other.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Discovering the identity of plants in art

We are surrounded by artistic images of plants. These may be symbolic, decorative or functional. They tell us about the plants important in peoples' lives.
Oxford Martin School Series: Food Futures
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Plant genetics from Mendel to Monsanto

Ottoline Leyser discusses the ability to target and/or select specific genetic changes in plant genomes, and the impact of this on the governance of our food system.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

How do you grow rice faster?

3 billion people depend on rice for survival & owing to predicted population increases, land that provided enough rice to feed 27 people in 2010 will need to support 43 by 2050. In this week's podcast episode we ask: how do you grow rice faster?
Anthropology

Sustaining one another: enset, animals, and people in the southern highlands of Ethiopia

An Anthropology Departmental Seminar delivered by Elizabeth Ewart and Wolde Tadesse (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford) on 13 October 2017
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Relationships' part 1 - People and plants: balancing conservation and commerce

How can working with people to understand how they use their local plants be used to protect them when industry moves in? How do we find and conserve areas of high 'bioquality'?
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Plants, Photosynthesis, and Solar Energy

The planet is in trouble; fossil fuels are being depleted and are contributing to global warming. Plants, however, have been directly harnessing solar energy for as long as they have existed. A flash talk from Tomas Leijtens.
Biology - Organisms Lectures

Organisms Reading and Reference list

Reading and Reference list for Organisms lecture series.
Biology - Organisms Lectures

Organisms Lecture 4: The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation 2020

Fourth and final lecture in Professor Tim Walker's Organisms series in which he looks at how we can conserve the world's vital plants on a global scale.
Biology - Organisms Lectures

Organisms Lecture 3: What have Plants done for us?

Third lecture in Professor Tim Walker's Organisms lecture series in which he looks at what plants have contributed to human existence.
Biology - Organisms Lectures

Organisms Lecture 2: Biological Pollination

Second lecture in Professor Tim Walker's Organisms lecture series in which he looks at biological pollination - how bees and other insects pollinate plants.
Biology - Organisms Lectures

Organisms Lecture 1: Its all about seeds

First lecture in Professor Tim Walker's Organisms lecture series in which he looks at seeds and their imporance to organisms.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

21. Thank you and goodbye

Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists.

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