Tag Archives: Plants

19Jun/23

How a 400 million year old fossil changes our understanding of mathematical patterns in nature

Sandy Hetherington, The University of Edinburgh and Holly-Anne Turner, University College Cork

If your eyes have ever been drawn to the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem, the texture of a pineapple or the scales of a pinecone, then you have unknowingly witnessed brilliant examples of mathematical patterns in nature.

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28Dec/22

The Carbon Blockchain expands in Africa

The Carbon Blockchain, Inc. (TCB), a carbon finance and technology services company that produces high-integrity carbon credits has announced the acquisition of Minerva Green. Minerva Green is a South African agriculture group specializing in the development of proprietary, indigenous African hemp strains. The acquisition will drive the expansion of industrial hemp cultivation throughout Africa and beyond Continue reading