Published in 1973, the book contained a “mix of real science, flimsy experiments, and unscientific projection,” Schlanger writes. The authors claimed that plants could feel and hear ...

Half history, half science, this book is anything but dry ... But the ways in which parasites evolved to survive off plants and animals — and the highly specialized mechanisms and behaviors ...

Guest host Arielle-Duhaime Ross talks with science journalist Zoë Schlanger about her new book, The Light Eaters: How The Unseen World Of Plant Intelligence Offers A New Understanding Of Life On Earth ...

Throughout its history, science fiction has imagined ... they realize that some of the plant species are intelligent. Burke starts her book with the first group of human colonists, and in the ...

Then consider: How could any beast become so big? The answer, according to science writer and paleontologist Riley Black, lies in plants. With a focus firmly on plants, Black masterfully uses ...