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Scientists Discover Trees Have a Hidden “Muscle” That Helps Them Straighten Themselves
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- Young poplar trees can sense bends in their stems and straighten them by changing where they grow wood that pulls like a muscle
- Young poplar trees can straighten a bent stem even without light or gravity to guide them
- In an experiment that removed those directional cues, the trees corrected their curves over several weeks, [
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Young poplar trees can sense bends in their stems and straighten them by changing where they grow wood that pulls like a muscle. Young poplar trees can straighten a bent stem even without light or gravity to guide them. In an experiment that removed those directional cues, the trees corrected their curves over several weeks, [...]
