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# TWIL #22
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-22/
- Published: 2024-06-02T07:20:55.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-02T07:20:55.000Z
- Description: Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: TWIL

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. 

This week, I learned that the ‘Encephalartos woodii’ is the loneliest plant in the world, with only one known living example. Scientists are using technology to try and find a female. If they can't find a date using AI, then they might try and change the sex of the one they have!

[The high-tech hunt for a lonely plant’s partner | University of SouthamptonArtificial intelligence is being employed in the hunt for a female partner for a critically endangered male plant species that predates dinosaurs.![](https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/assets/schools/design/favicon.ico)The University of Southampton![](https://cdn.southampton.ac.uk/img/comms/news/Dr%20Cinti%20&%20Kew%20woodii_web.jpg)](https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/05/the-high-tech-hunt-for-a-lonely-plants-partner.page?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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