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Exploring the world garden
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 05/06/2016
» During my visit to the Philippines two months ago, a good friend of mine gave me a bag of pistachio nuts which her sister, Pin, had sent her from the US. Pin and her family live in Delano, California, and she regularly sends food packages that includes pistachio nuts, almonds, dates and raisins to her sister in the Philippines.
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Reach for your buzzers
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 10/07/2016
» I know that bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to produce honey to feed their young. As they fly from one flower to another they pollinate the flowers. I also know that there are beekeepers who raise bees for their honey. The bees are let out in the morning to gather nectar and return to their hives before nightfall.
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Worthy of a name
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/12/2016
» Piya Chalermglin, PhD, intrepid plant explorer and extraordinary researcher at the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, recently retired. He spent 20 years of his career surveying the country's plant genetic resources, particularly Magnoliales, which includes the custard apple family Annonaceae and the magnolia family Magnoliaceae. In the process, he earned the distinction of having discovered 17 species new to science, joining the likes of famous botanist Carl Linnaeus and other plant explorers who immortalised their names by inspiring the names of some plants.
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Colour for all seasons
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 20/12/2015
» Academy award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o made headlines recently for wearing a bright green sweater. Apparently there’s an arbitrary rule in the West that one must not wear bright colours in winter. Bright greens and reds are frowned upon by fashion critics; for them these colours are strictly for summer only. In winter people are supposed to wear only colours that are dark, darker and darkest, in deference to the death of flowers in parks and gardens.
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Plant the seeds of peace
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/01/2015
» A friend commented that time goes by very fast when one is having fun. Despite months of political turbulence and street demonstrations, which are hardly anyone’s definition of fun, 2014 has gone very fast and we have now embarked on another year. We can only hope that this year will bring peace throughout the world and less suffering caused by natural disasters.
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