This week, we learn something new: have you heard about apomictic propagation? Well, now you have. We also bring the hottest news from the plant science world.

• Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Official Trailer | Netflix 
• Variation of Residual Sexuality Rates along Reproductive Development in Apomictic Tetraploids of Paspalum | HTML 
• Tasting my First Babaco Fruit
• The Many Uses of CRISPR: Scientists Tell All – The New York Times 
• Cellulose photonic pigments | Nature Communications 
• Artificial photosynthesis can produce food without sunshine — ScienceDaily
• A hybrid inorganic–biological artificial photosynthesis system for energy-efficient food production | Nature Food
• New species of alga named for poet Amanda Gorman — ScienceDaily 
• Read the full text of Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ 
• Ethanol induces heat tolerance in plants by stimulating unfolded protein response | SpringerLink
• The genomic basis of the plant island syndrome in Darwin’s giant daisies | Nature Communications 
•  Scalesia pedunculata – Wikipedia 
• First reported case of a person getting COVID from a cat

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