Talking To Plants Debate Sparks At AAAS Meeting
The discussion centers on Cleve Backster's plant perception experiments and whether plants show awareness of non environmental changes. Yale biologist Arthur Galston notes plants have electrical activity influenced by environment while cautioning about claimed interspecies communication.
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Paint Dumping Leads To Charge
Two demonstrators dumped white paint on antibusing leader John Kerrigan in Boston. A freelance photographer said Kerrigan attacked him to retrieve film of the incident. Kerrigan denied it. About 50 demonstrators protested Kerrigan’s antibusing stance outside a building where the assault occurred.
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Senate Kills Memorial Try On Abortion in Idaho
The Idaho Senate Health Education and Welfare Committee killed a memorial urging Congress to leave abortion on demand to states by a 66 tie vote. Senators Snow Kress weighed in on religion and states rights while Barker noted a 1973 similar memorial and Dobbs questioned its value.
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