Does your houseplant have feelings?
24 August 2022
The idea of plant consciousness may be wild, but finding objective ways to probe their inner lives could bring benefits to us all
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The radical new experiments that hint at plant consciousness
24 August 2022
It’s a wild idea, but recent experiments suggest plants may have the ability to learn and make decisions. Are the claims true and if so, what does it mean for our understanding of consciousness and the human mind?
Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites
17 August 2022
The first 3D reconstruction of a huge, ancient shark called megalodon suggests it was even bigger than previously thought
Sac with a mouth and no anus wasn't our earliest ancestor after all
17 August 2022
Saccorhytus coronarius lived around 500 million years ago and was thought to be a common ancestor of deuterostomes, making it the earliest known ancestor of humans, but it turns out to be on another branch of life
