Plants are much more active than you might think. Even though they don't look like they are moving, plants weave and jiggle. Sunflowers planted in a field do an intricate "dance" that maximises the amount of sunlight each plant gets and allows them all to grow better. Scientists from Tel Aviv University in Israel have discovered how they work together so that their leaves move out of the way of their neighbour's shadow.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Issue 80 من The Week Junior Science+Nature UK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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