{"id":33312,"date":"2020-10-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/?p=33312"},"modified":"2024-03-22T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:58:14","slug":"potw2042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/picture-of-the-week\/potw2042\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecological lawn mowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EMBL is interested in exploring the biological world on its smallest scales, as well as how living beings interact with each other as part of ecosystems. As such, the organisation and the people working for it have a great interest in keeping ecosystems alive and taking care of our planet. 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