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¿Pueden las plantas aprender? Un sorprendente debate académico.

Autor: Kate Giffin 

Editores: Henry Ertl, Sarah Bassiouni, Sophie Hill y Jennifer Baker

Traducción: Ilka Rodriguez-Calero, Maria Dolores Sanchez Ruiz y Rocio Cisneros  

En el año de 1633, Galileo Galilei se encontraba en arresto domiciliario por una idea herética: que la Tierra da vueltas alrededor del sol. A pesar de que en la actualidad es considerado como uno de los padres de la ciencia moderna, la Inquisición Romana de la Iglesia Católica de aquel tiempo lo declaró como un “sospechoso de herejía con vehemencia”; ya que la idea desafiaba la visión geocéntrica de la Iglesia Católica en ese momento.

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Sight Beyond Light

Kate Giffin (1), Katie Bonefas (2), Chami Amarasinghe (3), Frances Gu (4), Jennifer Baker (5)

1. Author 2. Illustrator 3. Peer editor 4. Content editor 5. Senior editor

Abstract

There is light beyond light: above and below. The smallest, most ancient parts of us know this. In summer, freckles proclaim communion with this light. DNA twists in its presence. We all know of this light. But we do not, can not, see.

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Can plants learn? A surprising academic debate

Author: Kate Giffin

Editors: Henry Ertl, Sarah Bassiouni, Sophie Hill and Jennifer Baker

The year was 1633, and Galileo Galilei was being placed under house arrest for a heretical idea: that the Earth revolves around the sun. While he is now considered one of the fathers of modern science, at the time the Roman Inquisition of the Catholic Church declared him “vehemently suspect of heresy.”

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