Asher Elbein

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Plants Find Light Using Gaps Between Their Cells

January 31, 2024

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it.

About the author

Asher Elbein is a journalist and fiction writer based in Austin, Texas. His work has previously appeared in outlets like The New York Times, Scientific American, Undark, The Texas Observer, The Atlantic, and the Smithsonian.

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