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Researchers have identified complex electrical activity within ordinary moss that resembles the functional structure of a neural network.
A new scientific model estimates that plant life on Earth will persist for nearly 2 billion years before environmental conditions become unsustainable.
New research projects a 1.8 billion-year timeframe for the survival of Earth's vegetative biosphere.
Scientists unveil the first global map of fungal networks—revealing a subterranean web so vast it defies cosmic scale comparisons