 Whatever IIXing, Curtis, Clare (Not pictured: Philip) |  Tree ConsciousnessHow aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, “What a Plant Knows,” by Daniel Chamovitz, director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University. A plant, he argues, can see, smell and feel. It can mount a defense when under siege, and warn its neighbors of trouble on the way. A plant can even be said to have a memory. But does this mean that plants think — or that one can speak of a “neuroscience” of the flower? |  Re-FormationDaehoon, Wesley, Stephanie (Not pictured: Xi) |
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