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Close-up of plant roots in soil near a pipe with water flowing inside.
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Plant Roots Can Detect the Sound of Water Flowing—Even Through a Pipe: Mechanisms and Implications

Plants might seem silent and still, but they're actually tuned in to…

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Underwater view of Mount Everest completely submerged in deep ocean water with marine life around it.
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Mount Everest Would Disappear Completely If Placed in the Deepest Part of the Ocean: A Comparison of Earth’s Highest and Deepest Points

The claim sounds impossible, but it's true: if you placed Mount Everest…

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A dry desert landscape covered with colorful wildflowers blooming across the cracked earth under a clear blue sky.
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The Driest Desert on Earth Sometimes Explodes With Flowers: How Life Waits Years to Bloom

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile holds the title as the driest…

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A forest scene showing large mother trees connected to young seedlings through an underground root network.
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“Mother Trees” Feed Their Seedlings Through Underground Networks—And Recognize Their Own Kin: The Science Explained

Deep in the forest, something remarkable happens beneath your feet. Large, old…

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A nighttime forest scene with a full moon shining over green plants and trees, showing moonlight softly illuminating the leaves and forest floor.
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Full Moonlight Is Too Weak for Photosynthesis—But Plants Still Respond

Most people assume that if moonlight is just reflected sunlight, plants should…

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A large, ancient tree with thick branches standing alone in a dry, rocky desert landscape under a clear sky.
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There’s a Single Tree Colony in Utah That’s 14,000 Years Old and Weighs 6 Million Kilograms: Inside the Story of Pando

Deep in Utah's Fishlake National Forest, a massive colony of quaking aspen…

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Close-up of plant roots in soil near a pipe with water flowing inside.
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Plant Roots Can Detect the Sound of Water Flowing—Even Through a Pipe: Mechanisms and Implications

Underwater view of Mount Everest completely submerged in deep ocean water with marine life around it.
Nature

Mount Everest Would Disappear Completely If Placed in the Deepest Part of the Ocean: A Comparison of Earth’s Highest and Deepest Points

A dry desert landscape covered with colorful wildflowers blooming across the cracked earth under a clear blue sky.
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The Driest Desert on Earth Sometimes Explodes With Flowers: How Life Waits Years to Bloom

A forest scene showing large mother trees connected to young seedlings through an underground root network.
Nature

“Mother Trees” Feed Their Seedlings Through Underground Networks—And Recognize Their Own Kin: The Science Explained

A nighttime forest scene with a full moon shining over green plants and trees, showing moonlight softly illuminating the leaves and forest floor.
Nature

Full Moonlight Is Too Weak for Photosynthesis—But Plants Still Respond

A large, ancient tree with thick branches standing alone in a dry, rocky desert landscape under a clear sky.
Nature

There’s a Single Tree Colony in Utah That’s 14,000 Years Old and Weighs 6 Million Kilograms: Inside the Story of Pando