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Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds (news.mit.edu)

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[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting.

I'm tempted to propose an alternative explanation: vibrating water might enter the tissues of the rice seeds faster. I tried to see if they had a control group with other sounds, but it seems they did not. And indeed, this kind of a control group would be hard to create, as one would have to know pretty damn "well what kind of sound will cause statoliths in cells to move?"