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The strange case of 'vegetative electron microscopy'

Original: Vegetative Electron Microscopy WTF? (2025)

Attention is turning to the phrase 'vegetative electron microscopy', a nonsensical term that has appeared in scientific literature and online discussions in 2025. Commenters are questioning how such an obviously wrong expression made it into technical writing, with many treating it as an example of errors creeping into research texts and being copied onward without anyone catching the mistake.

Why now: unclear

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• Vegetative Electron Microscopy WTF? (2025) · adunk · 23

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