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 ...

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 ...

That was far from the first time the claim spread to millions over social media. In 2024, users shared TikTok (archived) videos (archived) claiming that rain sounds in movies and videos were actually ...