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In case it wasn’t obvious, this is not your typical sweet vending machine. Put your change in and out pops a seed bomb. It’s made of clay, compost and seeds, and Greenaid, the US-based group who you can buy or … Continue reading →

National Geographic 2009 International Photography competition Rice fields in Yunnan, China

Did you know that sloths only come down from trees once a week to go to the toilet? At Aviarios del Caribe sloth sanctuary, they have to teach orphaned sloths to do this in the absence of their mothers. Filmmaker Lucy … Continue reading →

The Antelope Valley California Poppy State Reserve is a state-protected reserve located in the west side of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. In the late 1700s, Spanish sailors named the poppy fields La Sabanilla de San Pasqual, … Continue reading →

A surreal video of a mass of ants behaving similarly to liquid.    

We felt it was only right that we provided an explanation of the blog’s namesake, so here it is! Gibberellins are plant hormones that were first isolated in 1935 from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi.  GA’s cause a multitude of different … Continue reading →

NGC 7822 is a cluster of forming stars in the constellation of Cepheus. This picture is courtesy of Astronomy Picture Of The Day. Click on the image to link back to the source, and a higher res image.

Hello readers! Gibberellin is a new science blog  created as a means for two friends to follow up on “oh really?…I’ll research that later”. Subject matter will be dictated both by current events and serendipity, hopefully you’ll find some of our posts interesting … Continue reading →