We are quick to villainize what we call non-native or invasive plants, but context is important.

How did a plant get to be where it is? be called a weed to be called invasive and what

was our role in that it's Monday April 1st and you're listening to science Friday.

I'm Cyfry producer Rasha Arredi. If you're gardening this spring you might be trying to pull out non-native plants like

English ivy or Japanese honeysuckle and losing.

As pesky as those plants might be,

they also have really rich histories

that explain why they're out of place.

And that history mirrors our own.

We'll unpack this later, but first, the mind-bending physics behind Netflix's adaptation of the three-body problem.

Here's guest host Ariel Dum Ross.

Last week, Netflix released its adaptation. Here's guest host Ariel Dum Ross.

Last week, Netflix released its adaptation

of the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book, The Three Body Problem,

written by novelist Suh Xin Leo.

It follows the journey of several scientists from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to the present day,

as they seek to understand why their scientific results no longer make sense.

Along the way, they discover an ultra-advanced VR game,

and a dark secret that suggests we might not be alone in the universe.

Someone or something is targeting scientists.

They're gone after her best and brightest.

There's someone behind everything.

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