October 20262

Longwood Gardens Shows What a Great Garden Can't Measure

A Chinese science-blog analysis of Longwood Gardens argues the 435.8-hectare estate excels at spectacle and data but never learned to read its visitors, offering lessons for China's new national botanic gardens.

🔬 ScienceOct 31, 2026·3 min read#Botany#Nature

Rice Protein Builds RNA From Scratch, Upending a Textbook Rule

A team at Westlake University reports that a rice protein, OsNTP4, can synthesize RNA from scratch in a test tube without any template. If confirmed, the finding challenges the long-held view that RNA must be copied from DNA or an existing strand.

🔬 ScienceOct 30, 2026·2 min read#Research#Botany

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