<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : it's just a plant : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : it's just a plant : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[The rare plant that towers over owner's house after Britain's barmy weather causes it to grow 25ft in 'a few weeks']]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than a quarter of a century, it had been nothing more than a clump of spiky leaves. Then the plant suddenly burst through the centre and grew and grew and grew, shooting up 25ft in a matter of weeks and bursting into yellow-green flowers.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72244/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72244/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Just a Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's Just a Plant is a book for parents who want to educate their children about the complexities of pot in a thoughtful, fact-oriented manner. Read the book here.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34611/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34611/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered and identified a rare parasitic plant that hasn't been seen by botanists in more than 20 years.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60226/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60226/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Spot this rare Oregon plant and you could earn a reward]]></title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. -- Scientists are offering a $100 reward to anybody who can lead them to a plant that may be extinct in Oregon, at least in its native form: the golden paintbrush.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/66314/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/66314/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers find plant protein that may aid biofuel production]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a breakthrough that could make the production of cellulosic ethanol less expensive, Cornell researchers have discovered a class of plant enzymes that potentially could allow plant materials used to make ethanol to be broken down more efficiently than is possible using current technologies.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/18442/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/18442/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The pot plant that tells people how it feels in a blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has often been said that talking to plants can help them grow, but now a plant in Japan has been taught to answer back - in the form of an internet blog.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/80016/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/80016/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Oldest Potted Plant Re-Potted In London]]></title><description><![CDATA[A centuries-old cycad specimen, a palm-like tree that is the world's oldest living potted plant, has been re-potted, a worker at Kew Gardens in London says.<br/><br/>The tree arrived at Kew in 1775 and has been growing 1 inch in height and girth every year.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129747/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129747/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Opens New Plant in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beleaguered automaker General Motors opened up a new joint venture manufacturing plant in northeast China on Dec. 17 which will begin churning out up to 150,000 vehicles annually beginning next year.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/85470/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/85470/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant 'meat-eating' plant found]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been discovered in the highlands of the central Philippines.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130461/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130461/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Plant rules out Led Zeppelin reunion tour]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a statement, the singer said: &quot;Contrary to a spate of recent reports, Robert Plant will not be touring or recording with Led Zeppelin. Anyone buying tickets online to any such event will be buying bogus tickets.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/78291/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/78291/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Update:'Bush' sewage plant proposal makes ballot.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69301/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69301/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[World's first ever 'self-watering' plant discovered in Israel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered the world's first 'self-watering' plant in Israel's Negev desert &#8211; one of the driest regions on earth.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126217/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126217/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The plant that pretends to be ill ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A plant that pretends to be ill has been found growing in the rainforests of Ecuador.<br/><br/>The plants feigns sickness to stop it being attacked by insect pests known as mining moths, which would otherwise eat its healthy leaves.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/124421/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/124421/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Plant receives Commander of the British Empire honor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/127317/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/127317/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Eleven new animal and plant species found in Vietnam: WWF]]></title><description><![CDATA[The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam. Scientists have found a snake, five orchids, two butterflies and three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/36747/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/36747/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Belly Button Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please tell me this is a hoax. Because if it's not... Iiiiick! (be sure to scroll down to the pics - you wouldn't want to miss those)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/31381/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/31381/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Plant Parasite 'Wiretaps' Host]]></title><description><![CDATA[A parasitic plant that sucks water and nutrients from its plant host also taps into its communications traffic, a new report finds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/71120/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/71120/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Iowa Meatpacking Plant Exploited Mentally Disabled Workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iowa officials say 21 mentally disabled men were put to work at a meatpacking plant for decades and lived for 20 years or more in an old building with boarded-up windows and nothing but space heaters for heat.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/93815/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/93815/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing Sir Robert of Plant and Sir Terry of Pratchett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Plant and Terry Pratchett are among those Knighted in the New Year's Honours List.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/87166/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/87166/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[What is snark? It's not big and it's not clever]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does snark work? Snark is hazing on the page. It prides itself on wit, but it's closer to a leg stuck out in a school corridor that sends some kid flying. It pretends to be all in fun, and anyone who's annoyed by it will be greeted with the retort, &quot;How can you take this seriously? What's wrong with you?&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/131995/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/131995/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>