“It’s sort of like an alarm”: Plants that physically touch each...
Plants touching leaves form a signaling network, exchanging electric and chemical alerts to boost group resilience.
An ancient clay figurine shows sexual encounter between goose and woman
A 12,000-year-old clay figurine from Israel reveals an early mythological scene of a woman and goose in a mating posture.
Microscopic algae that run away from the sun
Like tiny escape artists, microscopic algae in tidal mudflats dive deeper into the sediment to dodge harmful sunlight. These diatoms, a type of single-celled algae, form slimy biofilms on muddy shores and must cope with intense light that can damage their cellular machinery through the buildup of reactive oxygen...
