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Crash Course Botany
The Secret Social Lives of Plants
In this episode, we’ll explore how plants interact one-on-one and in diverse groups.
What is Botany?
Over the next 15 episodes, Alexis Nikole Nelson will spill plants’ secrets—how they evolved, how they function, and just how vital they are to human societies and all of life on Earth.
What is Botany?
Season 1 Episode 1 | 13m 36s | CC
Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll find out what botanists study and how knowledge of plants can help you navigate everyday life. Along the way, we’ll uncover plants’ pervasive, civilization-shaping power—and find that they have their own ways of communicating.
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