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Billion-year-old fossil seaweeds could be ancestors of all land plants

Green seaweed fossils found in a billion-year-old rock are the oldest complex plants discovered, and may have given rise to plants that evolved to live on land




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Robot with pincers can detect and remove weeds without harming crops

A robot that uses artificial intelligence to find and remove weeds could eventually be used as an alternative to chemical insecticides




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Robot with pincers can detect and remove weeds without harming crops

A robot that uses artificial intelligence to find and remove weeds could eventually be used as an alternative to chemical insecticides




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Labradors trained to sniff out knotweed from gardens




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Allergy impact from invasive weed 'underestimated'

The impact on human health of an invasive ragweed plant may be "seriously underestimated".





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What is 420 Weed Day and is cannabis legal in the UK?

Each year, thousands of people mark what is now known as 'Weed Day'




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Pete Davidson received weed delivery from complete stranger

In a separate Instagram Live chat with Apatow, the actor explained the bag contained "a couple weeks' worth" of marijuana, which he gave to a friend.




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'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora

Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action

A rising international force of rebel botanists armed with chalk has taken up street graffiti to highlight the names and importance of the diverse but downtrodden flora growing in the cracks of paths and walls in towns and cities across Europe.

The idea of naming wild plants wherever they go – which began in France – has gone viral, with people chalking and sharing their images on social media. More than 127,000 people have liked a photo of chalked-up tree names in a London suburb, while a video of botanist Boris Presseq of Toulouse Museum of Natural History chalking up names to highlight street flowers in the French city has had 7m views.

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Photo: Triumphant monarch feeds on the ironweed

Our photo of the day comes from northern Illinois.




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EPA catches Dow in weed-killer lie, asks court to reverse approval

The agro giant made contradictory claims to the government about the herbicide Enlist Duo, the EPA isn’t happy.




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Seaweed key to a sustainable T-shirt

Apparel hasn't gotten more sustainable since we started TreeHugger, but a new day for the old T-shirt could be near.




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'Weed dating' & trash picking: The new tourist guide to Amsterdam

The city hopes to combat overtourism by getting visitors off the beaten track and doing more useful things.




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2017: The year wood construction grew like a weed

Because we are not called TreeHugger for nothing.




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With "Roundup Ready PLUS" Monsanto Capitalizes on the Superweeds It Created

For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.




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Roundup weed killer found in all kids' oat cereals tested

EWG tested 28 brands of conventional oat-based cereals; they all had glyphosate residue, most of them above healthy standards




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The Poetic Insights of a Seaweed Harvester (Video)

Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.




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Durable Danish seaweed furniture can be reused as fertilizer

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.




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Norway's extreme reindeer are eating seaweed to cope with climate change

Svalbard's wild reindeer are surviving warmer winters by foraging on, yes, seaweed.




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Photo: Young weedy seadragon soars like a superhero

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a weedy seadragon!




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Blooming 3D jelly cakes are made with seaweed (Video)

Made carefully by hand, this food artisan's edible works of jelly art are bursting with colorful flora and fauna.




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Live in this charming seaweed house on a Danish island

On the market for $416K, this beautifully restored historic cottage comes complete with a roof traditionally crafted of local seaweed.




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Take-out delivery giant trials sauce sachets made from seaweed

Perhaps more importantly, it's also giving customers the option of refusing such sachets in the first place.




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Toxic weed thriving on drought in Germany

Climate change winners and losers assessed in the wake of a hot summer in Germany









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Robot with pincers can detect and remove weeds without harming crops

A robot that uses artificial intelligence to find and remove weeds could eventually be used as an alternative to chemical insecticides




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'Tumbleweed tornado' hits US driver

An eerily beautiful dust devil flings picking up hundreds of tumbleweeds in Washington state.




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Bayer faces more claims over weedkiller cancer allegations

Rise in plaintiffs comes as German chemicals group reports 19% jump in sales




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The $99 Mendel Air Sensor uses data to help you grow better veggies (or weed)

The Mendel Air Sensor app is the first app I open every morning. Before Reddit, before Gmail, before NYT. I roll over, grab my phone and check my plants. I don’t know if there’s a higher honor I can bestow on an app. The Mendel Air Sensor is a game-changer for indoor growers. It offers […]




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$75M weed giant Caliva ditches Eaze, launches delivery

It’s a brutal time for marijuana startups. I’m hearing some are raising at 1/5th of their 2019 valuation amidst rampant competition, tall taxes, and slow legalization. The struggles for marijuana’s best-known startup, delivery service Eaze, continue as today it’s losing one of its top partners. $75 million-funded weed brand empire Caliva has dropped Eaze in […]




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Weeds creator Jenji Kohan prepping a quarantine anthology series titled Social Distance for Netflix

Jenji Kohan, the creative force behind much-loved shows like Weeds and Orange Is The New Black, is working on a new concept for Netflix which is all about life in its current bizarre circumstance. 




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Pensioner gets £27,000 payout for Japanese knotweed council let invade her garden for eight years

The 80-year-old pensioner contacted solicitors when she realised the destructive weed was in her garden, as it is illegal to let it grow in the wild. Preston City Council have paid her for damages.




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Tony Awards 2019: Tina Fey looks statuesque in a gold tweed suit

She took the stage as a presenter alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. And ahead of her appearance, Tina Fey looked statuesque as she stepped out at the Tony Awards red carpet in New York on Sunday.




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David Beckham covers up in tweed cap amid 'hair transplant' rumours

David Beckham was keeping his hairdo under wraps when he stepped out in Manchester on Tuesday, following a whirlwind visit to Paris during Fashion Week.




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A stranger delivered 'a full bag of weed' to Pete Davidson's mom's house after he said he was trying to quit drugs

Pete Davidson said during a virtual appearance on "The Tonight Show" that a stranger came to his Staten Island home with a "full bag of weed."Davidson said it happened after he mentioned he was trying to stop using drugs in an Instagram video."Literally three hours later, a lady rang my doorbell with a full bag of weed and gave it to my mom and said, 'I heard your son needs this,'" Davidson said. The "Saturday Night Live" star said in a subsequent video that he didn't keep the marijuana (which was "a couple weeks' worth"), instead giving it to his friend. Davidson is currently promoting his new movie "The King of Staten Island" with producer Judd Apatow.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Pete Davidson revealed in a video interview with Jimmy Fallon that someone showed up at his mom's




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Rita Ora keeps it casual in tweed blazer, baggy jeans and kooky shades

Rita Ora cut a  stylish and comfortable figure as she jetted back into London on Friday.




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Scott Tweedie reveals an 'eerie' COVID-19 moment in NYC

Australian television presenter Scott Tweedie has spoken candidly about the 'eerie' moment he became aware of how serious the coronavirus pandemic was.




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Expert reveals 'disaster diet' of mushrooms and seaweed that could save us after a nuclear war

A mechanical engineer explains that that in the event of a nuclear winter, when the sun is blocked by smoke, humans could survive on crops that did not need much light like mushrooms and seaweed.




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Cheryl Tweedy will NOT return to X Factor because Simon Cowell wants her for BBC show

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that after five series, Cheryl Tweedy won’t be returning to the long-running ITV talent show – because she wants to star in something ‘new and fresh’.




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Cheryl Tweedy bids to airbrush her criminal past by calling in lawyers to ban reports of conviction

The Mail on Sunday has learned that lawyers acting for the Cheryl Tweedy, 35, have sent a legal letter to a newspaper that carried details of the nightclub attack in 2003.




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Cheryl Tweedy 'is facing legal action from HMRC for alleged tax avoidance scheme' 

Cheryl, of London, is said to be accused of using an artificial employee bonus scheme which allowed her to pay the lower rate of capital gains tax, instead of income tax and national insurance.




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Weed vendors say customers are stocking up on cannabis as coronavirus quarantines could last months

Recreational pot sales were up 50 per cent from March 16 to 22, while medical marijuana sales rose 41 per cent year over year as customers prepare for long periods of isolation.




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$1MILLION cash is dumped on California freeway during police chase, 5'driver planned to buy weed'

Frank Capraro, 23, and Desmond McDay, 25, were taken into custody Friday after witnesses called in about boxes that had been dumped on a highway and a K9 detected the odor of marijuana.




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Holy cow! How feeding cattle seaweed can help stop climate change

Boffins at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have developed FutureFeed, an additive made from a red seaweed called asparagopsis.




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Weeds creator Jenji Kohan prepping a quarantine anthology series titled Social Distance for Netflix

Jenji Kohan, the creative force behind much-loved shows like Weeds and Orange Is The New Black, is working on a new concept for Netflix which is all about life in its current bizarre circumstance. 




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It's simply disgusting that only the big towns get help: NEIL TWEEDIE on Storm Dennis devastation

NEIL TWEEDIE writes about how owners of isolated country homes that were flooded in the aftermath of Storm Dennis received no help from authorities in areas including Worcestershire.




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Weeds of hope


Found abundantly along the coasts of the country, seaweeds offer the potential to help meet nutrition and food security needs, and also hold other advantages in medicine and farming. But technology, labour and quality issues impede the realisation of this potential. Prayukth K V reports.