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

 (news.mit.edu)

64 points | by paulpauper 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • pazimzadeh 2 hours 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 1 hour ago
      Could this not be the sublingual absorbtion of sugar rather than seemingly random "brain signals" the article suggests?
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      • bandofthehawk 1 hour ago
        I was thinking along similar lines. If this was purely due to brain signals, I would think the artificial sweetener would also work.
  • ghstinda 1 hour ago
    A lot of people talk to their plants. I never judge them.
  • SpyCoder77 40 minutes ago
    The amount of things that plants can sense without a brain or nervous system is incredible.
  • namegulf 2 hours ago
    Plants are living things
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