Plants

Talk to your plants? Now the first AI-powered garden will allow them to respond

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Hardcore gardeners sometimes, when no one else is listening, talk quietly to their precious flowers. But at next year's Chelsea Flower Show, visitors will be encouraged to chat with its first AI-powered garden. Garden designer Tom Massey has teamed up with Microsoft to create the Avanade “smart” garden. Sensors in the ground are paired with … Read more

Viral Post Says Solar Power Plants Act as ‘Tornado Incubators.’ We Looked at the Science

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On Aug. 7, 2023, Snopes received its first tip from readers alerting us to a social media post claiming that solar farms have a bizarre and catastrophic effect on the weather — they were “tornado incubators and magnets.” Ever since then, the post, which has been shared widely with the exact same language, has consistently … Read more