Plants 'talk to' each other through their roots

[ignhelper]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/02/plants-talk-to-each-other-through-their-roots

[Headhumpy]

Ninkovic and colleagues simulated the touch of a nearby plant by stroking the leaves for a minute each day using a makeup brush.

this mental image is making me lose my shit

[SKS]

I feel like I see the same articles every few years

[Headhumpy]

Title and article seem to focus on the wrong thing, the main finding is that mechanical stimulation of plant parts above ground can lead to signals being transmitted by the roots underground.

[Revenge282]

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109738/a1b90c1f-b2f7-4d25-a3e7-57aea8d7fad5/image.png

This movie was ahead of it's time...

[27X]

because you do

Genetics revolution is now through ______

Genetics revolution postponed for a decade cause immune/endocrine system ______

Graphene can _________

Graphene _______ costs 11ty billion dollars, not feasible for practical use until twenty years from now

AI can ______

AI will never ______

AI can _____ AND ______, organics fucked

social trend means long held theory of biological process is false

social trend no longer trendy biological thing was true after all

Dinosaurs literally get remade from the ground up every fifteen years

Human brain does mysterious thing

mysterious human brain thing only occurs when ______, pseudotheory blown out of water except in very specific circumstance

we're going to run out of ________ in twenty years

giant ultra deposit of ______ found/synthesized

[Curls]

Best part is a number of scientific news is just ignoring what the study actually said and making total bullshit up to sensationalize the wording.