Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds

 (news.mit.edu)

48 points | by paulpauper 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • pazimzadeh 57 minutes ago
    Cool study. Not too surprising though given how much time plants have had to optimize growth.

    Kind of similarly, you don't need to swallow high energy drinks to get the performance benefits.

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/apr/15/high-energy-...

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    • unfitted2545 25 minutes ago
      Could this not be the sublingual absorbtion of sugar rather than seemingly random "brain signals" the article suggests?
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      • bandofthehawk 20 minutes ago
        I was thinking along similar lines. If this was purely due to brain signals, I would think the artificial sweetener would also work.
  • namegulf 1 hour ago
    Plants are living things
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