Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to David Gibson, a professor of plant biology.
He talks about forensic botany – the study of plants to help solve crimes – and lists a number of real-life cases involving fungi, plants and algae.
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