The science pros at The King of Random explore why mimosa plants react to touch and how the process works. Suspect sent text saying he would 'take out' Charlie Kirk, FBI says as scrutiny of Patel's ...

Saitama, Japan: Plants do not possess nerves and muscles that enable rapid movement in animals. However, Mimosa pudica, commonly called touch-me-not, shame or sensitive plant, moves its leaves by ...

Call them plant motors. Or plant muscles. Tiny bulges of specialized cells in a mimosa plant can fold its feathery leaflets together in seconds, then relax — and do it again. A new look at these ...