Tue. 08/10 - A New Carnivorous Flower CAPTCHAs Its Prey
Why are CAPTCHA’s so frustrating and, in a way, so grim and disconcerting? Plus, botanists have identified the first carnivorous plant in twenty years, but don’t go calling it Audrey III just yet. And, a new development in the McFlurry Cold War.
Links:
Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing (Clive Thompson)
How to Solve Captchas—and Why They've Gotten So Hard (Wired)
1st Carnivorous Plant Identified In 20 Years Grows Near Vancouver (NPR)
This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Actually a Carnivore (New York Times)
A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America…
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