New research challenges the long-held assumption that brains are required for learning, suggesting plants may process information in unexpected ways.

We haven’t been giving the Plant Kingdom enough credit. Plants can move, attack, communicate, and adapt — even though they don’t have what's normally defined as a brain. So are plants intelligent?

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth Zoë Schlanger Harper (2024) During the COVID-19 pandemic, while people were tucked away in ...