Plants don't have brains, but they are capable of communicating and maybe even forming memories.

Do you think plants can think?

No. Absolutely. What do you mean by thinking?

I'm Kate the chemist, and on my podcast, Seeking a scientist, we're exploring the possibility

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Hey there, I'm Andy Tagle in for Mary El Segara.

It's officially summer and many people in the US

are feeling the heat. From the Midwest to the Northeast, millions of people are

experiencing what the National Weather Service is calling the first major

heat wave of the summer.

The local heat index, that's what the weather outside feels like, accounting for both air

temperature and humidity, could reach 105 degrees in some places,

according to the NWS. Highs in the 90s could be seen as far north as Vermont in New Hampshire.

And the rising temperatures are a global problem, notes V.J. LeMay, a climate and

health scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

In Pakistan and across South Asia, recorded temperatures, you know, recent years have

approached or exceeded 120 degrees Fahrenheit. That's near the limit of

tolerability for what the human body can handle. Not to mention another massive issue.

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