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The Scientist Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2021
A look back at some of the articles we most enjoyed reading, writing, and editing this year
The Scientist Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2021
The Scientist Editors’ Favorite Stories of 2021

A look back at some of the articles we most enjoyed reading, writing, and editing this year

A look back at some of the articles we most enjoyed reading, writing, and editing this year

plant biology, physiology

photograph of arabidopsis thaliana with a cantil on a black background
A Newly Found Organ for Arabidopsis
Kerry Grens | Jun 16, 2021 | 2 min read
Horizontal arms dubbed cantils only appear under certain growing conditions—perhaps explaining why they had not been identified before.
Can Plants Learn to Associate Stimuli with Reward?
Ben Andrew Henry | Feb 1, 2017 | 4 min read
A group of pea plants has displayed a sensitivity to environmental cues that resembles associative learning in animals.
Avoiding Salt
Abby Olena, PhD | Jan 1, 2014 | 2 min read
In a newly identified tropism, plant roots steer clear of salinity.
Sketching out Cell Theory, circa 1837
Kate Yandell | Aug 1, 2013 | 3 min read
How a dinner-table conversation between two biologists led to the formulation of the theory that cells are the building blocks of all living organisms.
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