Meet The Tree That Shoots Its Seeds At 150 MPH — A Biologist Explains

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Nature’s Seed Cannon: Meet Sandbox tree who shoots its seeds at 150 mph

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

The tree that shoots seeds at 150 mph shows one of nature's fastest plant movements

In tropical forests across Central and South America, a quiet tree hides one of the most violent forms of seed dispersal ...
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The sandbox tree has explosive seeds. #shorts #science #SciShow

This video was originally posted to TikTok in April 2021. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) Christie Wilcox: Writer Luke Rosener: Fact Checker Savannah Geary: Editor, Associate Producer Hiroka Matsushima ...
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Explosive seed dispersal depends on SPL7 to ensure sufficient copper for localized lignin deposition via laccases

Exploding seed pods evolved in the Arabidopsis relative Cardamine hirsuta via morphomechanical innovations that allow the storage and rapid release of elastic energy. Asymmetric lignin deposition ...
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Behind the ballistics of the “explosive” squirting cucumber

New research into the biomechanics of explosive seed dispersal in squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) reveals how these plants have adapted a suite of unique traits that help propel their ...