Serbia welcomes AstraZeneca vaccine shipment

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia has received a first shipment of 150,000 AstraZeneca vaccines, adding to the three other vaccines already in use. The Balkan nation of 7 million has administered more than 1 million doses so far, which is among the top results in Europe. Most Serb citizens have received …

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Are mushrooms growing under your bed? This book suggests you might want them to – Orange County Register

It seems that people are increasingly turning to plants and gardening for consolation, exercise, and exploration during these pandemic times. Worlds of discovery await them. A serious gardener wears many hats: botanist, entomologist, weed scientist, plant pathologist, soil scientist, irrigation specialist. I also believe there is a back-to-the-land desire in …

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Rare Moonflower cactus blooms for ‘first time in UK’

A rare Amazonian cactus called the Moonflower has bloomed for what botanists believe is the first time in the UK. Experts at Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden kept a night watch throughout the week so that they did not miss the flowering of Selenicereus wittii – an event which usually begins …

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