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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Do Plants Feel Pain?
For the past two decades, the University of Wisconsin’s Gilroy Life Science Laboratory has explored the interaction between plants and their environment. The lab has explored how plants grow in outer space, including the effects of microgravity and radiation. Recently, the Gilroy Lab has started exploring a more philosophical question: can plants feel pain? Simon Gilroy is a Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin and is the head of the Gilroy Lab.
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Simon Gilroy (photo courtesy University of Wisconsin)
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By Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, Jonathan ZarovWORT 89.9FM Madison · Do Plants Feel Pain?
For the past two decades, the University of Wisconsin’s Gilroy Life Science Laboratory has explored the interaction between plants and their environment. The lab has explored how plants grow in outer space, including the effects of microgravity and radiation. Recently, the Gilroy Lab has started exploring a more philosophical question: can plants feel pain? Simon Gilroy is a Professor of Botany at the University of Wisconsin and is the head of the Gilroy Lab.
(Video courtesy Gilroy Life Science Laboratory, University of Wisconsin)
Simon Gilroy (photo courtesy University of Wisconsin)
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The post Do Plants Feel Pain? appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.