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No, trees can't anticipate a solar eclipse

Popular Science

Environment No, trees can't anticipate a solar eclipse Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In April 2025, a scientific study went viral online for a particularly wild claim. A forest of Norway spruce trees () in the Dolomites of northern Italy appeared to rapidly synchronize their cellular-level electrical signals--known as electromes--in the hours leading up to a partial solar eclipse in October 2022 . If true, the discovery by the Italian Institute of Technology represented a possibly major development in understanding how plants communicate with one another. Despite many critics' skepticism, headlines describing a " forest-wide phenomenon " of talking trees spread quickly across the internet.







Supply-Side Equilibria in Recommender Systems

Neural Information Processing Systems

In the music industry, artists have changed the length and structure of songs in response to Spotify's algorithm and payment structure [ Hodgson, 2021 ].




Celebrity appearances, controversial ads and other Super Bowl takeaways

BBC News

Latin megastar Bad Bunny performed a medley of his top hits at the Super Bowl on Sunday in a star-studded show that was criticised as terrible by the US president. The Puerto Rican singer, also known as Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, was joined on stage by a host of fellow music stars including Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and Cardi B. Sitting in the stands, Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton made their first major public appearance together, after weeks of speculation about their romance. The seven-time Formula 1 world champion and the reality TV star were spotted chatting and smiling together during the game, and were caught on video by NBC News. Fellow musical superstars Lady Gaga, Cardi B and Jessica Alba joined the dancers on stage alongside Bad Bunny, who was the world's most-played artist in 2025 on Spotify, according to the streaming service. Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal and Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin also joined the performance, which was populated by a largely pan-American crowd of celebrities.