The Wood Wide Web and the Forest

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The wood wide web is a captivating idea, but is it real? Are trees actually talking? This we got unexplainable. We need to lean in and figure out what is actually happening. If it's true that trees are talking, it's a big deal. It would upend assumptions scientists have had about trees.

Studies suggesting trees communicate through an elaborate underground fungal network have captured imaginations. It’s a beautiful idea, but the fantasy may have gotten ahead of the science.

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