Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) needs cross-pollination to produce seeds, but it often spreads by stolons to form clonal patches—meaning nearby plants may be genetically identical and unable to pollinate each other.

#crosspollination #wildflowers #nature #wildlife #colorado

The Mexican futbol player from #TedLasso in a #StateFarm commercial with #PatrickMahomes is sorta brilliant.

#marketing #advertising #crosspollination

Two illustrations of the importance of cross-pollination in science.

“In any case, plant scientists were routinely thinking about the Krebs cycle in terms of growth, rather than ATP synthesis, long before most cancer biologists began to think that way. We should never forget that ideas in science often come from unexpected quarters. Focusing funding on research into human cancer would miss profound insights deriving from plant scientists.”

— Nick Lane, Transformer 📘

“The why, it turned out, was hiding in the quantum realm — a place geophysicists rarely tread. Likewise, most quantum physicists don't generally tackle the mysteries of geophysical fluids. But Marston was an exception.”

— Katie McCormick, How Quantum Physicists Explained Earth’s Oscillating Weather Patterns 📄

🔗 https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-quantum-physics-describes-earths-weather-patterns-20230718/

#Science #Ideas #Crosspollination #Transdisciplinary #Reinterpretation

@tanjaslotte & team @Stockholms_univ have solved the long-standing riddle of the supergene that causes efficient #crosspollination in 🌺.

Read more about sequence length variation at the #DNA level 👉 https://bit.ly/3FUzZ0l

#genetics @CORDIS_EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1605871951582760962

Excerpt from a self-produced video for my track 'Midnite View' which appeared on this years Varial Records compilation 'Cross Pollination'.

#electronicmusic #brokenbeat #varialrecords #crosspollination #bokeh #video

Ice Fishing Tent Makes Winter Ham Radio Comfy

Cross-pollination between different activities and industries can yield some pretty useful techniques or product combinations, and [Steve] shares some details on using ice fishing gear to make winter ham radio activities more comfortable and portable.

With the help of a folding tent shelter, [Steve] was able to create a minimal and self-contained field station that hosted all his needed equipment, and with the help of a small propane heater, stayed quite comfortable during a 24 hour winter event.

For those interested in the radio end of what [Steve] was doing, he goes into detail about the radio equipment and antenna he used, which itself stows easily into a bag and withstood high winds with success. The goal of the event after all was emergency preparedness, and while radio can operate without a wider infrastructure to support it, antenna design is crucial for best results.

As for keeping the operator safe and sound during all this, it turns out that the problem of a pop-up winter shelter that is both light and compact has already been solved by ice fishers; and while it can be fun to roll one's own solutions, there's not always a need to re-invent the wheel.

#radiohacks #crosspollination #icefishingtent #radio #winterfieldday