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![Science Fiction's Deadliest Plants [Triviagasm]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/2/9/5/c/d/6/d/8/2/1/560142dbb91061df2c0954.jpeg) |
Science Fiction's Deadliest Plants [Triviagasm]io9 - 15 hours ago The BBC announced last week that it plans to remake The Day of the Triffids, the classic tale of flesh eating plants that prey on a blinded humanity. Plants may seem sweet and innocent, rooted to the ground or sitting … Also tagged: aliens, vegetables, trees, spores, triviagasm, triffids |
![Kleptoplast Slug Steals Plant Genes and Lives on Sunlight [Biological Hybrids]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/3/5/e/a/b/c/8/5/c/7/4e35bc7b112027ec7a9ef7.jpeg) |
Kleptoplast Slug Steals Plant Genes and Lives on Sunlight [Biological Hybrids]io9 - Nov 26, 2008 A kleptoplast is an organism that steals genes from other organisms, usually by eating them. Usually those stolen genes don't actually function, but not so in the case of the leafy green E. chlorotica sea slug. This … Also tagged: science, biology, slugs, biological hybrids |
![Mass Extinctions Rise Among Plant Species [Extinction]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/4/9/2/c/7/9/c/1/3/d80ad3575ff6d629fee626.jpeg) |
Mass Extinctions Rise Among Plant Species [Extinction]io9 - Oct 22, 2008 Entire species of plants are dying off in droves, just like mammals. And there's no way to save them all, say scientists. How do you decide which plant species to preserve at all costs, and which ones to consign to … Also tagged: diversity, environment, genetic, mass, conservation, ecology, biomass, extinction |
![Plants Invade Singapore Skyscraper [Eco Architecture]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/f/b/8/b/4/2/0/7/b/2/5b95335aa9546c02f3aaf1.jpeg) |
Plants Invade Singapore Skyscraper [Eco Architecture]io9 - Oct 15, 2008 Step aside, humans; the plants are about to take over the Singapore skyline. This building may look like a scene from a post-human era, but it's actually the EDITT Tower, an eco-friendly structure slated for … Also tagged: architecture, design, environment, ecology, eco architecture |
io9 - Oct 8, 2008
Some kinds of plants evolve so quickly into new species that they surprised scientists compiling a genetic family tree showing how long each species on Earth has existed. Researchers at Yale working on the Tree of Life …
Also tagged: science, genetics, biology, evolution, yale, tree of life, mad science, triffids, megamice
io9 - May 16, 2008
Columbia Pictures has bought the rights to R.L. Stine's teen book series Goosebumps. But if they want the movie to be a huge success with the free-spending twenty-somethings who grew up on the series, Columbia and …
Also tagged: clones, i am legend, neal moritz, mutants, goosebumps
io9 - Apr 10, 2008
In yet another cool image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter near Mars, we see these dunes on the planet's surface. This image comes from the Hellespontus region of Mars, where sand from local …
Also tagged: astronomy, mars, nasa, orbiter, space porn
io9 - Mar 4, 2008
A common French weed known as Crepis sancta underwent a form of superaccelerated evolution to cope with the difficulties of spreading their seeds in cities. Scientists studying C. sancta discovered that over a period …