Richard Connor - When seeds 'hear' rain, they 'decide' to sprout — study:

https://www.dw.com/en/when-see....ds-hear-rain-they-de

#acousticresponse #vibration #raindrops #germination #cognition #statolith #mit #plantbiology #biology

Malek Fouda - Man arrested for the mass hit-and-run in Leipzig:

https://www.euronews.com/2026/....05/05/two-people-kil

#augustusplatz #leipzig #assaultcar #ramming #tragedy #notonemore #thinkofthechildren #bancarsnow #stopcrashing #stopcars #carextremism #endcarviolence #carviolence #pedestriansafety #trafficsafety #terrorism

Joining my purple iris in the garden this year are an overwintered Pink Bleeding Heart showing its first blooms of Spring, a sunflower, and a purple petunia with white spots that reminds me of a Hubble Deep Field view of galaxies against the background glow of the cosmos. #irisversicolor #iris #bleedingheart #dicentraspectabilis #sunflower #helianthus #petuniahybrida #petunia #starrynight #flowers #galaxies #astronomy #gardening #plantbiology #biology

Joining my purple iris in the garden this year are an overwintered Pink Bleeding Heart showing its first blooms of Spring, a sunflower, and a purple petunia with white spots that reminds me of a Hubble Deep Field view of galaxies against the background glow of the cosmos. #irisversicolor #iris #bleedingheart #dicentraspectabilis #sunflower #helianthus #petuniahybrida #petunia #starrynight #flowers #galaxies #astronomy #gardening #plantbiology #biology

Joining my purple iris in the garden this year are an overwintered Pink Bleeding Heart showing its first blooms of Spring, a sunflower, and a purple petunia with white spots that reminds me of a Hubble Deep Field view of galaxies against the background glow of the cosmos. #irisversicolor #iris #bleedingheart #dicentraspectabilis #sunflower #helianthus #petuniahybrida #petunia #starrynight #flowers #galaxies #astronomy #gardening #plantbiology #biology

Joining my purple iris in the garden this year are an overwintered Pink Bleeding Heart showing its first blooms of Spring, a sunflower, and a purple petunia with white spots that reminds me of a Hubble Deep Field view of galaxies against the background glow of the cosmos. #irisversicolor #iris #bleedingheart #dicentraspectabilis #sunflower #helianthus #petuniahybrida #petunia #starrynight #flowers #galaxies #astronomy #gardening #plantbiology #biology

Joining my purple iris in the garden this year are an overwintered Pink Bleeding Heart showing its first blooms of Spring, a sunflower, and a purple petunia with white spots that reminds me of a Hubble Deep Field view of galaxies against the background glow of the cosmos. #irisversicolor #iris #bleedingheart #dicentraspectabilis #sunflower #helianthus #petuniahybrida #petunia #starrynight #flowers #galaxies #astronomy #gardening #plantbiology #biology