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Burdock, a Nature in a New York Minute video
A plant quietly grows in our city that incited a revolution in how we fasten things together. Host Kelly Rypkema shows us what it looks like and shares this story of nature-inspired design involving Swiss engineer George de Mestral, some more »
Posted in Fall, Nature by the Seasons, People and Nature, Plants, Videos
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Behind the Scenes of the next Nature Minute
While on set, one of the crew gets a little stuck on nature, and needs some rescuing with help from Kelly Rypkema. New Nature in a New York Minute released on Thursday. Check back to see what the sticky business more »
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Tagged Behind the Scenes, burdock, kelly rypkema, Nature in a New York Minute, nature minute
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