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Many people struggle to keep their houseplants alive. Okrasiuk/Shutterstock

May 4, 2023

Learn to think like a plant: five questions to think about if you want to keep your houseplants healthy

Chris Thorogood, University of Oxford

An expert’s tips on how to keep your indoor plants looking their best.

A climate measuring station in Chile’s Atacama desert. Alexander Siegmund

November 16, 2021

How plants survive in one of the driest places on Earth, and what they can tell us about climate change

Alexander Siegmund, Heidelberg University of Education

This hardy desert plant lives in the hostile Atacama Desert in Chile by sucking moisture out of passing fog. As water resources become ever more scarce, humans could follow suit.

The desert raisin is a member of Australia’s native bush tomato family. Mark Marathon/Wikimedia, CC BY

May 3, 2019

The tasty, weed-like desert raisin plant is as big as a carpark

Angela Pattison, University of Sydney

Tasting like a smoky sundried tomato, the desert raisin has been a staple for Australian desert communities for thousands of years.

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Angela Pattison
Research scientist at Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
Alexander Siegmund
Professor of Physical Geography and Geo-education, Heidelberg University of Education
Chris Thorogood
Head of Science and Public Engagement for Oxford Botanic Garden & Arboretum, University of Oxford

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