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Plants That Communicate

Humans and animals are among Earth’s creatures blessed with brains. But can we say the same about plants? Taking sophisticated equipment used to study the brain, neuroscientist Greg Gage hooks up the Mimosa pudica and Venus flytrap to an EKG to demonstrate how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement, and can even count in this episode of TED.

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