Whoever said plants don’t feel pain, should see this. In a unique experiment with two plants to raise awareness on the effects of bullying, IKEA asked students to verbally bully one and ...

The students report that so far, they are seeing more growth with the plants in the positive environment, although they say it is still early in the experiment process.

The Plants in Space project will allow students and teachers to examine root growth in microgravity and compare the results with those from plants used in their own ground-based experiments.