Tobacco Mosaic virus was heavily studied by plant biologists, and its hardly pretty.
Canola came about because scientists wanted to work on yield of a boring plant: Rapeseed fields are monochromatic yellow.
I worked in a marine biology lab, the PhDs there were obsessed with Kelp, one of the most un-lovely plants I can imagine but a kelp forest is a beautiful thing, if you understand it.
Mangrove swamps are as ugly as all hell. They teem with life but there's no beauty innately in the mangrove per se.
I just don't agree with this conclusion, evidence not withstanding. I think there has to be some sample bias creeping in.
Really? I think scientists want to work on interesting problems. If they attract funds, so much the better. But, Scientists defy typing. Some of them are collectors, some of them are dissectors, some of them are "how-does-it-workers", some of them are "how-can-I-kill-it" specialists.
Canola came about because scientists wanted to work on yield of a boring plant: Rapeseed fields are monochromatic yellow.
I worked in a marine biology lab, the PhDs there were obsessed with Kelp, one of the most un-lovely plants I can imagine but a kelp forest is a beautiful thing, if you understand it.
Mangrove swamps are as ugly as all hell. They teem with life but there's no beauty innately in the mangrove per se.
I just don't agree with this conclusion, evidence not withstanding. I think there has to be some sample bias creeping in.
Really? I think scientists want to work on interesting problems. If they attract funds, so much the better. But, Scientists defy typing. Some of them are collectors, some of them are dissectors, some of them are "how-does-it-workers", some of them are "how-can-I-kill-it" specialists.
Pretty is in the eye of the beholder.