Gesundheit The idea of plants sneezing is mind-boggling. Plants do sneeze in a sense. When two water drops unite, surface tension is released and converted into kinetic energy that can hurl the fluid away. This effect happens only on extremely water repellent or superhydrophobic plant leaves.
Spiders. Whether dangling or leaping, scurrying or creeping, spiders usually make me flinch indoors and out. I don't know why, since I was raised in the country where spider webs stretched across rows of orange trees and rose arbors.
I am so excited to have a new opportunity to work in the education department at Solano RCD (Resource Conservation District). The department has a program to introduce middle school students to nature and help them learn the fundamentals of the scientific study process.
Driving through Canada was quite beautiful and since we were on vacation, we stayed on rural roads, mostly in the Rockies. The first thing that struck me was the beautiful orange-red hue of the distant hills very widespread and quite striking. We immediately wondered what plant it was.
