Episode 494
Sunflowers dance to their own beat
Why do the sunflowers chase the sun as they grow?
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 10, 20164m 46s
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Show Notes
It's summertime and fields are filled with sunflowers, devotedly following the rising sun. But why do they do it? This is a question that scientists at the University of California, Davis, have striven to answer and Dr Stacey Harmer thinks she has the answer as she explained to Lucka Bibic... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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