MIT researchers discovered that the sound of falling droplets can shake rice seeds out of a dormant state, stimulating them to germinate more quickly than seeds that are not exposed to the same sound vibrations.
I’m tempted to propose an alternative explanation: vibrating water might enter the tissues of the rice seeds faster. I tried to see if they had a control group with other sounds, but it seems they did not. And indeed, this kind of a control group would be hard to create, as one would have to know pretty damn “well what kind of sound will cause statoliths in cells to move?”
Interesting.
I’m tempted to propose an alternative explanation: vibrating water might enter the tissues of the rice seeds faster. I tried to see if they had a control group with other sounds, but it seems they did not. And indeed, this kind of a control group would be hard to create, as one would have to know pretty damn “well what kind of sound will cause statoliths in cells to move?”