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Matt HallMatt Hall

Dr Matt Hall is Associate Director, Research Services, at Victoria University of Wellington and tweets at @plantpersons

Prince Charles shakes hands with trees. Here’s why that makes a lot of sense

22 November 2019 by Matt Hall

Our kinship with plants is etched out in the mythology on which our societies are founded, and in the web of life it is a scientific fact that we are indeed close kin to the plant kingdom. So why do we not live like we are, asks Matt Hall. There are no prizes for guessing … Read more

Categories Featured, Science Tags Natural History, Prince Charles, Richard Powers, Trees

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