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Tag: plant intelligence

Reviews

Plant parables for the 21st Century

A lifestyle guide where plants take the lead instead of sitting in the background.

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021
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Mimosa pudica
Featured News in Focus Oecologia Plant Signaling and Behavior

What a plant learns. The curious case of Mimosa pudica.

Can a plant learn? Drawing on recent and forthcoming research, Monica Gagliano and Michael Marder suggest that we should be rethinking what intelligence is.

by Monica Gagliano, Michael MarderAugust 13, 2019October 1, 2019
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Books

What is the true language of plants?

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 9, 2017November 8, 2017
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Books

Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola

Do plants possess intelligence? If you’re looking for a challenging book for your non-botanist friends, then Mancuso and Viola have something to interest you.

by Alun SaltOctober 17, 2017October 17, 2017
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Anatomy of the Eye.
Plant Cuttings

Visionary plants

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 10, 2017January 10, 2017
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Monks collecting alms
Plant Cuttings

Altruistic plants?

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 8, 2015December 8, 2015
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Books

Plants are !ӣ$%%!^$ӣ [fill in the missing word]*

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 12, 2015September 8, 2015
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Warning: Aposematism Alert!

Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 17, 2015March 10, 2015
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edn, vol. 1, 1875.
Plant Cuttings

Plants… chickens… children…

Are plants better at maths than humans?

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 19, 2013September 19, 2013
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  2. Shyam Phartyal on What lies beneath? Botanists find a disconnection between how plants behave above and below ground.January 29, 2023

    Excellent study. An additional flooding treatment could have revealed little more about this above-below ground trait relationship.

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

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