Heading to #Botany2026? Be sure to swing by the @chicagojournals.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social booth to pick up an @ijpsjournal.bsky.social bandana and talk to our charming managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social. #PlantScience

Especially rude for this to happen during #Botany2026

🌺 Job Opportunity: University of Hawaiʻi Senior Research Associate - Native Plant Materials Development 👨‍🎓 Bacc.& 3-6y experience 🕚 FT temp, annually renewable pending performance and/or funding 📆 Closing - 7/31/2026 11:59 PM Hawaii www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...

Career Opportunities at the University of Hawai'i | University of Hawai'i

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🚨 Call for the 2027 JXB Editorial Interns is now open! 🚨 🌱 Designed for ECRs, interns will gain behind-the-scenes publishing experience and write commentary pieces that will be published in the journal 📝 Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology

🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌱 #AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues focusing on how plant traits, plant communities & the soils they grow in interact. Proposal deadline: 31 Aug 2026 More info: bit.ly/4vfwHeo @ajmiller4233.bsky.social @astylianou.bsky.social

Colonial legacies in eponymous species names: a global network perspective https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.25.740734v1

When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

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#Botany2026 is almost here! The Bulbous Lab will be there in full force (see image for times and locations of our talks)! Can’t wait to see everyone and hear about all the awesome botanical science going on!

Some good news!

Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is now a UNESCO World Heritage site

The Okefenokee is the first natural site in the U.S. to be added to the World Heritage List in more than 30 years.

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The Careers in Botany Panel fills up every year, and #Botany2026 is no exception. The panel is at capacity, but we want to introduce the ten botanists giving their time to talk with students and postdocs about how they built their careers. Sunday, Aug 2, 3:30 to 5:00 pm

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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My team is recruiting a MSc student for a new grant investigating forested wetland responses to Hurricane Helene. The student will lead a GIS project mapping disturbance type and severity in the ETSU Geosciences dept. The catch: they would need to start this fall semester (about a month from now).

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology/Plant Pathology: Oomycete Systematics and Genomics jobs.apsnet.org/job/postdoct...

The #Botany2026 conference is in less than 2 weeks!!! 🌵 📣 And the @botsocamerica.bsky.social Ecology Section is seeking nominations for Vice Chair! Self-nominations encouraged. Help support student travel & presentation awards, conference planning, and more! Please reach out to learn more.

An underappreciated fact. Cycling really is about as fast as driving for a whole lot of trips within cities.

Halifax rush hour? We put it to the test

YouTube video by CBC News Nova Scotia

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Join Xerces and make art that supports conservation! 🐝✍🏽 Job Title: Science Illustration Intern 🌎Location: Remote 💲Compensation: $24/hr, 20hrs/week 📅Duration: Sep-Dec 2026 ❗Apply by: July 31, 2026 Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs

🚨my wife saw a BABY porcupine crossing the road today 🚨

We are looking for a #Horticulture Director at UNC Charlotte to work with our beautiful Botanical Gardens. Please share if you know someone looking. #PlantSci 🌱 jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/69036

Preprints don’t change much after peer review — and are rarely retracted. go.nature.com/4pebHmM

Think preprints are unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 studies might change your mind

Preprints don’t change much after peer review — and are rarely retracted.

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Can species always evolve fast enough to keep up with environmental change? A resurrection experiment in morning glory shows genetic constraints can limit adaptation—even under strong selection. doi.org/10.1093/evle... @gbaucom.bsky.social @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social Image credit:Cbaile19 Wikimedia

This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...

Boston transportation planner fatally struck by car near Roxbury Crossing, family says - The Boston Globe

Louisa Gag, 36, "was a dedicated public servant to the City of Boston and passionately advocated for safer streets,” her sister said.

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Researchers who examined 15 years of cycling infrastructure and restaurant growth across Montreal found no evidence that bike lanes hurt local business growth. momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

Michigan plant lovers rejoice! The Michigan Flora app has been released! news.umich.edu/new-plant-id...

New plant identification app available, powered by U-M Herbarium

Biologists and plant enthusiasts now have the power of Michigan's most complete plant identification guide in the palm of their hands.

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Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria, USA. #plantscijobs #plantscijob #plantsciencejob aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05405

Associate/Full Professor- Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics- Integrative Biology, and Director- University of California Berkeley Herbaria

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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The Schatz Center is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar with experience in whole-genome resequencing to study how demography, genetic variation, and selection interact to contribute to range expansion and adaptation. Come join us!! #evolutionarygenomics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Postdoctoral Scholar - Adaptive Evolutionary Genomics

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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The memo from the Smithsonian's secretary, Lonnie Bunch, responded to a White House report that calls the National Museum of American History driven by "a radical, activist ideology." n.pr/4bfEYb4

Smithsonian chief emphasizes 'accuracy and integrity' after White House report

The memo from the Smithsonian's secretary, Lonnie Bunch, responded to a White House report that calls the National Museum of American History driven by "a radical, activist ideology."

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Five facts that you should know about the current Cyclospora outbreak.

Always always always always read @rtraister.bsky.social -- and especially on Graham Platner, women, and what comes next. nymag.com/intelligence...

Many older adults navigate aging on their own — without children or a spouse. An expert says this is "a reality to be supported" rather than a crisis to be solved. n.pr/4eVivm8

'Solo agers' are a growing group. Changes that would help them could help everyone

Many older adults navigate aging on their own — without children or a spouse. An expert says this is "a reality to be supported" rather than a crisis to be solved.

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