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Plants produce more nectar when they ‘hear’ bees buzzing, scientists find;
Researchers suggest buzzing noises could be used as environmentally friendly way to enhance crop pollination
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

11 Vegan Summer Lunches #plantbased

11 Vegan Summer Lunches
It's that time of year again and you're probably ready for some fresh ideas for vegan summer lunches. Here are eleven to try.

This news item almost flew under the radar:
This initial cohort of executives includes the chief technology officer from Palantir, Shyam Sankar, whose “Defense Reformation” website has become a talking point among defense tech community; Andrew Bosworth, the chief technology officer from Meta; Kevin Weil, OpenAI’s chief product officer and Bob McGrew who, until November, was chief re…

New York governor seeks to build the state's first new nuclear power plant in decades (Philip Marcelo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-new-york-governor-hochul-4fc42719df2efc27bf5074dd4a0bf739
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p104#a250623p104

(Re)-Defining Planets -- the Fundamental Plane of Planets
Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh, Arkil D. Parikh, Margarita Safonova, Bernard Foing
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16063

(Re)-Defining Planets -- the Fundamental Plane of Planets
6000+ exoplanets are now detected using various techniques, with estimates of billions of planets existing in our Galaxy alone. They are called super-Earths, hot Earths, mini-Neptunes, hot Neptunes, sub-Neptunes, Saturns, Jupiters, hot Jupiters, gas giants, ice giants, rocky, terran, subterran, superterran, and so on. This prompted the emergence of many recent works on taxonomy, or classification, of exoplanets. However, there is still no basic, fundamental definition of 'What is a planet?'. IA…

Microsoft plant Streichung von tausenden Jobs im Vertrieb
Microsoft plant laut Medienberichten zufolge die Streichung tausender Jobs insbesondere im Vertrieb, um die Belegschaft zu verschlanken.
https:/…

US Senate Moves To Expand Nondairy Milk Access In Schools #plantbased

US Senate Moves To Expand Nondairy Milk Access In Schools
The US Senate has advanced provisions to increase the accessibility of nutrient-dense, non-dairy milk options in schools

DIY Natto: A Home Fermentation Guide to Japan’s Healthiest Breakfast #plantbased

DIY Natto: A Home Fermentation Guide to Japan’s Healthiest Breakfast
Learn how to make Japanese natto at home with Miyoko Schinner’s step-by-step guide, packed with tips for fermentation and health benefits.

Biggest-Ever’ Exhibition On The History Of Veganism Opens In The UK #vegan

'Biggest-Ever' Exhibition On The History Of Veganism Opens In The UK
The Vegan Society is celebrating its 80th year of operations with an interactive exhibition titled “Veganism: Past, Present and Future"