1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Did you know that plants can hear sounds? And have a social life?&amp;nbsp;Science writer Zoë Schlanger shares even more remarkable plant talents in her latest book,&amp;nbsp;The Light Eaters, illustrating the tremendous biological creativity it takes to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have adapted ingenious methods of survival. They communicate. They recognize their own kin. Schlanger immerses into the world of being a plant, into its drama and complexity. Scientists have learned that plants, rather than imitate human intelligence, have perhaps formed a parallel system. What is intelligent life, Schlanger argues, if not a vine that grows leaves to blend into the shrub on which it climbs, a flower that shapes its bloom to fit exactly the beak of its pollinator, a pea seedling that can hear water flowing, and make its way toward it? Our understanding and definition of a plant is rapidly changing. So then what do we owe these life forms once we come to comprehend their rich and varied abilities? An eye-opening and informative look at the ecosystem we live in, Schlanger challenges us to rethink the role of plants—and our own place—in the natural world. Zoë Schlanger is a staff writer at the&amp;nbsp;Atlantic, where she covers climate change. Her work has appeared in the&amp;nbsp;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;New York Review of Books, Time, Newsweek, The Nation,&amp;nbsp;Quartz,&amp;nbsp;and on NPR among other major outlets, and in the 2022&amp;nbsp;Best American Science and Nature Writing&amp;nbsp;anthology. A recipient of a 2017 National Association of Science Writers’ reporting award, she is often a guest speaker in schools and universities. Brooke&amp;nbsp;Jarvis&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;an award-winning journalist who writes for&amp;nbsp;The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. Buy the Book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth The Elliott Bay Book Company Town Hall Seattle Science Series http://scienceths.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/32879282/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/32879282