🌿 Can plants feel? Do they have brains? Can they reason through different situations and respond? Do they have agency? ⁠ ⁠ The answer to these questions is far more complex than you think.⁠ ⁠ Over a century ago, scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose challenged the scientific community by arguing that plants have a nervous system and can think, learn, and even remember. Unfortunately, his revolutionary ideas were mocked and dismissed by many of his peers. ⁠ ⁠ Though Bose's work was neglected for generations, recent research has started to validate his claims about plant signaling and behavior.⁠ ⁠ Read our latest Distillations Magazine story, "The Thinking Plant’s Man" written by Philadelphia-based journalist Ben Seal. ⁠ (fb)

RT @AmPhilSociety: The APS is joining our neighbor @SciHistoryOrg for a two-day hybrid conference! On Sept 26th we will head down the road… (tw)