While plant science missed out on yet another Nobel prize, you are not missing out on yet another great plant science episode. We have a hairy balled plant, some evidence about ATP and a whole Can of Spinach!

• Bits und Bäume
• Carbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 
• Gomphocarpus physocarpus – Wikipedia
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• Reward research for being useful — not just flashy
• A bryophyte-like polymer layer protected supercapacitor electrode with enhanced cycling stability
• A nuclear import pathway exploited by pathogenic noncoding RNAs 
• Every Life Form on Earth Uses The Same Chemical For Energy. This Could Explain Why. : ScienceAlert
• A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency | PLOS Biology 
• Massive crossover suppression by CRISPR–Cas-mediated plant chromosome engineering
• Algae as microscopic biorefineries — ScienceDaily
• In vivo Olefin Metathesis in Microalgae Upgrades Lipids to Building Blocks for Polymers and Chemicals – Schunck – Angewandte Chemie International Edition – Wiley Online Library
• Structure of wheat immune protein resolved — important tool in the battle for food security — ScienceDaily
• A wheat resistosome defines common principles of immune receptor channels | Nature 
• CAN OF SPINACH, a novel long non-coding RNA, affects iron deficiency responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Ahmet’s answer on twitter
• Watch A Houseplant Control A Machete-Wielding Robotic Arm, For Science | IFLScience
• Increasing evidence that bears are not carnivores: Given a choice, captive bears mimic mixed diets of wild peers — ScienceDaily
• Ursids evolved early and continuously to be low-protein macronutrient omnivores | Scientific Reports

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