Have We Underestimated Plants?

The Inquiry

• Episode: Have We Underestimated Plants?
• Website: The Inquiry
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p029399x/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:23:11
• Published: 2015-11-17 10:09

New research suggests plants might be capable of more than many of us might expect. Some – controversially – even describe plants as “intelligent”, or even “sentient”. So, this week, we’re asking: have we underestimated plants? Our expert witnesses include an academic studying how networks of trees communicate through what she describes as a “wood wide web”, and the pioneer who is using plants to develop robotics.

(Photo: US-Fall-Shenandoah, Credit: Getty Images)