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What a plant’s decision-making reveals about intelligence

Although vital to survival, the mechanisms that guide plant roots have received limited scientific attention – in part because, hidden underground, they can prove hard to study. This short documentary from the Science Communication Lab profiles the biologist José R Dinneny. Using innovative techniques to reveal root systems, he studies how different plant species have evolved distinct strategies for finding........

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