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Plants can tell time even without a brain — here’s how

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Humans aren’t the only ones with internal clocks. New research shows that plants do too. Find out how plants can operate a circadian rhythm without a brain.

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Researchers have discovered a stealth invader off the coast of San Diego: non-native algae that grows so fast it can muscle out most other plant species. It’s already wreaked environmental havoc in the Mediterranean. But as Erik Anderson reports, California scientists hope to eradicate the weed before it has a chance to do serious harm […]

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