There’s an old Japanese phrase: “Falling rain awakens the soil.” After a recent study and its revelations, that line feels far more literal. As per a new study, it turns out that seeds aren’t hearing ...

Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in ...

Rain does more than soak the ground. For some seeds, it may also act like an alarm clock. MIT engineers have found evidence that the sound of falling raindrops can speed up germination in rice seeds, ...