We finally found a way to market non-dairy milk as milk without upsetting any consumer or dairy company: cowpea milk. Plus: we discuss plantibodies, micronutrients and, weirdly enough, ocelot pee.

• Black eyed peas could help eliminate need for fertilizer: Popular legume attracts beneficial nitrogen-fixing bacteria — ScienceDaily 
• Genome Editing in Cowpea Vigna unguiculata Using CRISPR-Cas9
• The genome of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)  
• Schoolgirls rumble Ribena vitamin claims | New Zealand | The Guardian 
• Ribena – Wikipedia
• Ribena maker fined $192,000
• Assessing the magnitude of reporting bias in trials of homeopathy: a cross-sectional study and meta-analysis | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
• No Hormone to rule them all 
• The plantibody approach: expression of antibody genes in plants to modulate plant metabolism or to obtain pathogen resistance 
• Recyclable pollen-based paper developed by NTU Singapore scientists 
• Scientists develop a recyclable pollen-based paper for repeated printing and ‘unprinting’ — ScienceDaily 
• Fearful symmetry in aposematic plants
• Weeds help mango trees, and possibly others, make more fruit – The Global Plant Council
• Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mango
• Plants that could tackle vitamin B deficiencies | Kew
• Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity
• Link to the paper on Twitter
• Just a 3D printed 3D mass spec plot (twitter)
• Smelly ocelot habitats may scare off seed-dispersing rodents — ScienceDaily

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