Department of Biology, University of York, UK

Come to our Pi Lab to try your hand at coding, crafting, or both! Use some of our electronic gadgets to light up LEDs in every colour under the sun, hook them up with conductive thread so that your home-knitted socks twinkle as you walk, express the Keeling Curve by the sample rate of your favourite sample in Sonic Pi, #tweetmytheremin to make beautiful (terrible) music, see how you could automate your houseplant watering, capture photos using a motion sensor,…

Most plants can’t walk. Seed dispersal, or the movement of seeds from a parent plant to a new location where a child plant can germinate, take root and grow, is important because it allows plant populations to reach new locations and habitats. Seeds that are well adapted for wind dispersal have structures that increase drag, making them fall slowly so that they spend more time in the air. This means that they are more likely to travel further, increasing their…