First time researchers have directly observed electrical discharges (coronae) flickering from tree leaves in the wild during thunderstorms, confirming it after 100 years of theory
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“I had electrical pads wired to me as part of an undergrad research project in college.
They wired up a house plant too. Then played music to see the differences in electrical response in plants vs humans. The plants barely registered anything, reacting probably from the jostling sound waves.
But this one dude who was eerie as fuck and had Zuckerberg eyes measured less response than the plant. I saw him around campus sometimes. Last I heard he was let go of being a TA because he used what little power that gives you to extort a freshman.
Realistically those electric leads were just connected poorly, but I still think of that sociopath who measured less soul than a plant.”
“If Nintendo doesn’t make a new Pokémon from this then I stg”
“So if some animals can see UV can they use it to detect thunderstorms in the distance by watching UV glow from trees in the distance?”