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When we think about plants, do not normally imagine them “speaking” to each other. But they communicate—in many different ways. More than a century ago, the eminent biologist Charles Darwin suggested that plants have brain-like structure at their root tips! In this case, Darwin’s root-brain hypothesis was wrong, but more modern research shows can communicate. They speak with other as well anima...