The next time you find yourself lulled by the patter of rain outside your window, think how that same sprinkle might sound if you were a tiny seed planted directly below a free-falling droplet. Would ...

I really don’t like the sound of rain on my roof.

The ability of natural environmental sound to stimulate seeds and seedlings sufficiently to foster growth, by mechanisms related to gravitropism 1,2,3,4,5,6 for example, has not been previously ...

A new study has found that rice seeds may respond to the sound of raindrops. Researchers found seeds exposed to droplets sprouted faster than those with water but no droplets. Experts say more ...