Psychad Seed

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A recent paper seemed to reiterate the hypothesis that traditional methods for safe consumption of psychad seed appear to have been lost over the course of time since colonizers banned consumption. Also, i started reading yet another bananas article about a psychad caper, which lead with joanne flack is on the run, suspected of stealing a rare african plant thought to be extinct and worth millions of dollars. And sonia kurtz was hired by the c i a to hunt down joan to find the link between the missing plant and a terrorist group hiding out. I in south africa, before i realized that this article was a book review for the 20 20 novel, last survivor, by

Gather 'round fellow nerds, you’re about to learn about the wildest not a fern not a bush not a cactus plant you never knew you never knew about: CYCADS. These endangered ancient plants have been around for 270 million years, give or take, and now they’re some of the most valuable vegetation in the world. Come along to learn about these uncomfortably sexy gymnosperms and the international crimes people do to steal them. Also: neurotoxins, Jurassic Park, and one of the best fixes for procrastination we’ve ever heard with the world’s favorite botanist and cycadologist, Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum.

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Dr. Nagalingum’s profile at California Academy of Sciences

Speaking of which, Alie will be moderating a Women in Science Nightlife event there coming up March 3rd, and you can get tickets for that here

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