Plants & Tenure

In this episode we talk Zoom secrets and the golden pothos (aka devil's ivy).

Show Notes/Sources:

• https://www.bibliomed.org/mnsfulltext/15/15-1528210542.pdf?1662050632 
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242409833_ANTICANCER_MEDICINAL_PLANT_Epipremnum_pinnatum_L_Engl_CHLOROFORM_EXTRACTS_ELICITED_BOTH_APOPTOTIC_AND_NON-APOPTOTIC_CELL_DEATHS_IN_T-_47D_MAMMARY_CARCINOMA_CELLS 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum
• https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2018/1/9/this-isnt-even-my-final-form
• https://nypost.com/2016/12/15/new-yorks-most-popular-plant-can-kill-you-and-your-pets/

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