Friday, August 13, 2010

Reproduction by Explosion

Some plants are FAST. That's right. There are various fast methods plants use to spread their genetic material. Check out this video from Science Friday.



Plants have a reputation for staying put. But some plants are moving so quickly, we can't see their motions. Biologist Joan Edwards and physicist Dwight Whitaker broke out the high-speed cameras to capture the story of exploding peat moss. The research was published in the journal Science.

1 comment:

  1. that's awesome! thanks for sharing. have you seen the time-lapsed video of plants? also cool

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