And we’re back! Joram is taking care of yet another human and found the time to talk plant science. This week is just a bunch of cool science stories, next week we’ll be back with our regular structure. 

• How to Fight the Ever-Increasing Air Pollution in Delhi? 
• Indoor Air Quality Improvement by Simple Ventilated Practice and Sansevieria Trifasciata 
• (PDF) Hiding in plain sight, Ficus desertorum (Moraceae), a new species of rock fig for Central Australia
• Open Chemistry: What if we just give everything away?
• A fossil record of land plant origins from charophyte algae
• Epigenetically mismatched parental centromeres trigger genome elimination in hybrids
• Breeding plants with genes from one parent: Advance could shorten times for crop breeding
• Ancient Pine Cone Trapped in Amber Shows a Super-Rare Form of Plant ‘Parenting’
• Viviparity in tomatoes
• Scientists question Max Planck Society’s treatment of women leaders

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