The Talking Trees and the Mystery of Nature
Wouldn’t it be amazing if trees could actually talk to each other? Currently, trees communicate by swerving their branches and leaves. They make high, and low-pitched noises. Some day we shall be able to decode their language. But, if the trees could really talk like us, these are a few things I think they would discuss.
If trees could talk to each other, what would they talk about?
Wouldn’t it be amazing if trees could actually talk to each other? Currently, trees communicate by swerving their branches and leaves. They make high, and low-pitched noises. Some day we shall be able to decode their language. But, if the trees could really talk like us, these are a few things I think they would discuss.
Nature has its own ways to heal itself!
Today the world is wrestling with the Coronavirus. This pandemic has killed many people all over the globe and is continuing to do so. This is a shorthand story to not feel like a prisoner of this pandemic and plan for a brighter future.
Garden Cafe
About the Author Professor Jaideep Mathur is a Plant Cell Biologist at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, who combines science and art to develop an understanding of plants. While nature inspires his paintings the effect is often surrealistic, solely reflecting his impressions and an imaginary world of beautiful plant forms that exists in his mind.
NATURE
This morning is a bright sunny day, Gleaming leaves in the sun’s ray, In the morning there is a sight, To see the sun very bright. A butterfly in a flower bed, Is so pretty if you want to bet, Chirping birds are all around, Squirrels peeping out of their house. Wind blows, rustling the leaves, Then peace all around the trees, The flow of the river and the playing of fish, Is so beautiful you can’t even guess. Then...
A Tree Tale
About the Author Navya Saxena loves to draw, paint, dance and hug trees!
I Love Flowers!
About the Author Anya Jain loves flowers because they are beautiful, and she likes reading about all the different kinds. When she grows up, Anya wants to be a botanist.
My Magnolia Tree
I look out my window, on a cold and dreary day,Feeling sad and gloomy, wishing I could go outside and play. Suddenly I hear a whisper, “Look up here Avni!You are not alone, it’s your friend the magnolia tree!” My frown breaks into a smile, my heart fills with love,My beautiful magnolia tree with big green leaves, flowers white as doves. It says to me quietly, bringing its branches down,“You will always have friends in nature, take a look around!”...
Maple and the Birds
About the Author Roocha Shukla is keenly interested in science. She also loves to write, draw, and paint things that inspire her. This comic is an expression of her inspiration from nature.
The Lipstick Tree
So much more than a cosmetic
Social Distancing and Public Health in Ancient India
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Kava: Traditional significance and modern clinical interest
The use of Kava is of therapeutic interest but, some adverse effects may be present if its consumption is not done under knowledgeable supervision.
Believing in Dryads: A new way of Understanding plants, neurotransmitters and the senses
If you do not believe in Dryads (figure 1) and Elves (figure 2) as spirits that live in plants, you may want to reconsider. Many people believe that plants do not feel as animals do but new research is proving this wrong.
When to harvest? The art and science behind picking for optimum medicinal potential
Where and how to grow medicinal plants requires a keen eye, patience and plenty of experience
Labrador Tea is an Arctic wonder
The value and meaning behind one of the Arctic’s precious medicinals
The Soul
Shubham Talwar shares with his vision about the transcendence of the Soul and its brief embodiment in the many worlds of humans and trees.
My love of plants
Susan Gosling expresses the inspiration she receives from nature and her enchanting garden.