Write of summary of one of the posted links in week 5 lab before class Thursday.
Your summary should include a description of 3 new concepts you learned from your research. In class you will be asked to comment on new information you found in the NYT article on viruses, the interview with the cycad scientist or the talk on cycads. All 3 options are linked in the week 5 folder.
Why is a scientist fascinated with cycads?
https://www.nybg.org/blogs/science-talk/2016/03/living-fossils-a-scientists-fascination-with-cycads/
why is a scientist fascinated with cycads?
org/learn/lectures-talks-symposia/lecture-library/science-symposia/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>study of Cycads
I highly recommend this talk by botanist Dr. Dennis Stevenson. He describes his nonscientific career studying cycads. Would you expect that his work had him partnering in research with neurobiologist Oliver Sacks?
https://www.nybg.org/learn/lectures-talks-symposia…
scroll down to the Cycad talk Cycads: From Field Biology to Neurobiology, a Botanical Journey
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