Seeds form the base on which all the food we consume is built. They come in an array of sizes, shapes, and varieties. We depend on them for survival. Yet, seed biodiversity is decreasing. Last Thursday, the Pomona College Museum of Art screened the documentary “Seeds: The Untold Story,” which
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Pomona Students Discover Record-Breaking Physics Of Petunia’s Explosive Seed Dispersal
A flower species’ seeds are breaking records in physics, blasting out as rapidly spinning projectiles that travel up to 20 feet, and Pomona College discovered it first. A study published last month by Pomona students and physics professor Dwight Whitaker attracted national attention, including from The New York Times, when