Annaka Harris

Well, first of all, the science is really speeding up now. There was quite a taboo around studying these things for a while. There's a new book. I interviewed the author for my series. Her name is Zoe Schlanger. And she wrote a book called The Light Eaters, which is so poetic and beautiful because plants eat light.

Well, first of all, the science is really speeding up now. There was quite a taboo around studying these things for a while. There's a new book. I interviewed the author for my series. Her name is Zoe Schlanger. And she wrote a book called The Light Eaters, which is so poetic and beautiful because plants eat light.

Well, first of all, the science is really speeding up now. There was quite a taboo around studying these things for a while. There's a new book. I interviewed the author for my series. Her name is Zoe Schlanger. And she wrote a book called The Light Eaters, which is so poetic and beautiful because plants eat light.

And she gives so many examples of relatively new findings, you know, starting in 2014. Again, with light, plants have more photoreceptors. um, than we do. They can see, um, see is, you know, probably not the right word to use, but everyone's starting to get confused because it's hard to know how to talk about these things.

And she gives so many examples of relatively new findings, you know, starting in 2014. Again, with light, plants have more photoreceptors. um, than we do. They can see, um, see is, you know, probably not the right word to use, but everyone's starting to get confused because it's hard to know how to talk about these things.

And she gives so many examples of relatively new findings, you know, starting in 2014. Again, with light, plants have more photoreceptors. um, than we do. They can see, um, see is, you know, probably not the right word to use, but everyone's starting to get confused because it's hard to know how to talk about these things.

Um, there's an example of trying to think, oh, the, um, there's a parasitic plant called the daughter vine, D O D D E R, not daughter as in daughter and son, but daughter, um, a daughter vine can, um, When the seedling is sprouting, it kind of moves around in the air like you've seen other plants do in time-lapse photography.

Um, there's an example of trying to think, oh, the, um, there's a parasitic plant called the daughter vine, D O D D E R, not daughter as in daughter and son, but daughter, um, a daughter vine can, um, When the seedling is sprouting, it kind of moves around in the air like you've seen other plants do in time-lapse photography.

Um, there's an example of trying to think, oh, the, um, there's a parasitic plant called the daughter vine, D O D D E R, not daughter as in daughter and son, but daughter, um, a daughter vine can, um, When the seedling is sprouting, it kind of moves around in the air like you've seen other plants do in time-lapse photography.

It'll kind of move around, and it seems to be sensing where it can find something to parasitize. And there are certain plants that they can live off of and there are certain plants it can't. And so scientists for a long time wondered, is it chemicals? How do they know that in this direction they shouldn't go that direction, they should go in this direction?

It'll kind of move around, and it seems to be sensing where it can find something to parasitize. And there are certain plants that they can live off of and there are certain plants it can't. And so scientists for a long time wondered, is it chemicals? How do they know that in this direction they shouldn't go that direction, they should go in this direction?

It'll kind of move around, and it seems to be sensing where it can find something to parasitize. And there are certain plants that they can live off of and there are certain plants it can't. And so scientists for a long time wondered, is it chemicals? How do they know that in this direction they shouldn't go that direction, they should go in this direction?

And they started running all of these studies. And it turns out that at least part of the way they do this is through sensing light. And so they can sense the shape of a plant because the reason we see green when we look at a green leaf is because The other light wavelengths are passing through, but the green ones are bouncing off the leaf. And that's why we're perceiving the green.

And they started running all of these studies. And it turns out that at least part of the way they do this is through sensing light. And so they can sense the shape of a plant because the reason we see green when we look at a green leaf is because The other light wavelengths are passing through, but the green ones are bouncing off the leaf. And that's why we're perceiving the green.

And they started running all of these studies. And it turns out that at least part of the way they do this is through sensing light. And so they can sense the shape of a plant because the reason we see green when we look at a green leaf is because The other light wavelengths are passing through, but the green ones are bouncing off the leaf. And that's why we're perceiving the green.

And so the daughter vine can apparently tell, I forget, there's a long list of things it can tell, but essentially, you know, the type of plant it is, it won't grow towards grasses. It's very hard to get itself attached to a grass. It can't really survive that way. So it

And so the daughter vine can apparently tell, I forget, there's a long list of things it can tell, but essentially, you know, the type of plant it is, it won't grow towards grasses. It's very hard to get itself attached to a grass. It can't really survive that way. So it

And so the daughter vine can apparently tell, I forget, there's a long list of things it can tell, but essentially, you know, the type of plant it is, it won't grow towards grasses. It's very hard to get itself attached to a grass. It can't really survive that way. So it

If there are grasses planted, you know, over here, it'll sense the shape and how much nutritional content is there, all this whole list of things that they've now studied. It can tell by the light that is getting filtered through the leaves and branches of these plants.

If there are grasses planted, you know, over here, it'll sense the shape and how much nutritional content is there, all this whole list of things that they've now studied. It can tell by the light that is getting filtered through the leaves and branches of these plants.