Many thanks to everyone And 5RF
Richard Hardwick
2026_03_20
Many thanks to everyone who wrote with their
own experiences of age-related conditions.
And here come todays 5RF reads.
Richard H.
NVRS-HRI-gg
1. Saturday April 18th, 2026 Day Of Action For Nature, Parks And Green Spaces
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2. Mimosa Pudica Counts Carefully
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In science-speak — click here.
3. Leeds Postdoc Has A Good Piece On Brassicas
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Source pic= Unravelling the floral transition in Brassica oleracea using transcriptomics.
4. Environ 10% Des Espèces Exotiques Implantées En Europe Sont Envahissantes
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5. Laricifomes Officinalis (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) Gets Its Due
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wtt — ( Yale School of the Environment ).
6. Amazon Mollies Don'T Need No Men
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ver. Nature — Access via your institution.
7. (Myrmecia Midas) Ants Use A Lunar Compass
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8. Lots Of Them On Our "Lawn" Today; Plus → → →
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→ An interesting story from 1965.
9. From B For -Rain To U For -Terus; The Human Body Atlas
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The authors' M&M here.
10. Female Pioneers Of Cambridge Science
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11. Even If Its Not Broke, Go Repair Café
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12. I Do This Twice A Week
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13. Döstädning
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Credit: The Spruce / Jason Donnelly
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Michael.Dodd
Richard,
Your message often sends me off on a tangent. This time it was the fungi leading to The contribution of fungi to the global economy | Fungal Diversity | Springer Nature Link then onto suggesting a league table of organisms.
Often people say this or that species or group is the ‘most important for life on earth’ or words to that effect. Perhaps springtails, viruses, earthworms etc.
The league table idea came from the mineral of the year competition that the earth scientist students run here and I think similar is done at some other universities. They run it as a knockout competition and stimulates a lot of debate about some of the minerals, what is ice etc.
Bit more tricky if comparing viruses with earthworms or an individual species. There is no criteria other than which gets the most votes but cases can be made for the different minerals if someone feels strongly.
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