有趣的职业:反思植物是怎样寻找水源的

Cool Job: Rethinking How Plants Hunt for Water

约瑟·迪涅尼想让我们以不同寻常的眼光看待植物。植物没有大脑,没有神经系统,但却能接收各种信息,做出正确的选择。它们还能在没有视觉或触觉的情况下探寻水源。植物遍布我们生活的各个角落:草坪,沙拉,以及摆放在窗沿上沐浴阳光的盆里。它们是生活中的常客,但因为太常见以至于我们忘了它们实际上有多么非同寻常。

Jose Dinneny wants us to see plants as strange.Plants have no brain and no nervous system. Yet they take in different kinds of information and can make good decisions. They also find water without sight or touch.They are everywhere in our lives: lawns, salads and pots on a sunny windowsill1. They’re so familiar that it’s easy to forget how odd they really are.