germination

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"They wanted to play and build stuff. They were making houses or ships or scenery, and they wanted to jump in, and all of that learning was the germination of Roblox," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

While thinning can reduce fuels, burning also provides ecological benefits not provided by thinning alone, like creating growing space and receptive seedbeds, promoting germination of seeds stored in soil and increasing nutrient availability.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

The ecosystem’s success once relied on periodic fires, which would promote germination of pine seeds and reduce invasive plants, among other benefits.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

The researchers found that the coated microbes improved the seeds' germination rate by 150 percent, compared to seeds treated with fresh, uncoated microbes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

Finally, their wild ancestors required very little genetic change to be converted into crops—for instance, in wheat, just the mutations for nonshattering stalks and uniform quick germination.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond