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<title>Natural Selections: Exploding Flowers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 28, 2013) Some flowers open quickly, and some are even spring-loaded—like the venus fly trap—but the floral deployment speed record belongs to the lowly dogwood relative, the bunchberry, which when triggered opens its tiny four-petal bloom in less than a millisecond. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss flower power. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7139/20130328/natural-selections-exploding-flowers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Natural Selections: Dandelions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 21, 2013) Martha Foley mows her lawn just before the dandelions go to seed, hoping to keep their numbers down, but there&apos;s another whole crop right behind—why? Dr. Curt Stager dug into the story and found the answer in the sex life—or lack thereof—of dandelions. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7314/20130321/natural-selections-dandelions">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Native pollinators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 24, 2013) With the collapse of the population of the European honeybee, introduced to North America in colonial times, many growers are looking for aids in pollinating their crops. But the honeybee may not be the most effective bee. Bumblebees and other native pollinators do a better job on crops like blueberries and cranberries. Martha Foley and Curt Stager discuss. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3076/20130124/natural-selections-native-pollinators">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Burl wood</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 22, 2012) Burl wood, the knobs of complex grain that some trees form, is prized by woodworkers for its beauty and utility. What causes wood grain to deviate from the straight and narrow in this way is something of a mystery. Martha Foley and Curt Stager try to untangle the knot. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7929/20121122/natural-selections-burl-wood">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: What is a plant?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 25, 2012) Mushrooms grow out of the soil like plants, but are fungi. Lichens may look leafy, but they are symbiotic colonies of fungi and algae. Seaweed looks like a plant, but is an algae colony. And Indian Pipe looks like a fungi, but is a plant. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss the ins and outs of botany. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20728/20121025/natural-selections-what-is-a-plant">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Alternation of generations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 4, 2012) What if people gave birth to puppies, and those puppies in turn gave birth to people? That&apos;s similar to what some species, such as haircap moss, do. Each alternate generation has a different form and function. Dr Curt Stager and Martha Foley explore the biological oddity &quot;alternation of generations.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20600/20121004/natural-selections-alternation-of-generations">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Plant blood</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 24, 2012) Do plants have blood? How does the human circulatory system compare to that of plants and trees? Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager tackle the question. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5626/20120524/natural-selections-plant-blood">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Ghosts of Evolution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 19, 2011) Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss plants that have outlived the animals they co-evolved with. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/1417/20110519/natural-selections-ghosts-of-evolution">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Poison Ivy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 24, 2011) &quot;Leaves of three, let it be.&quot; Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about poison ivy. They discuss whether it&apos;s really an ivy, why we call it &quot;poison,&quot; and how humans and animals react differently to the plant. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11360/20110324/natural-selections-poison-ivy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Natural Selections: Fungus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 27, 2010) Tall trees may be the kings of the forest, but there is another kingdom of forest life that passes unnoticed. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley talk about the arboreal network of fungus. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3103/20100527/natural-selections-fungus">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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