IT'S a well-known fact that plants lack many of the sensory systems that animals and people use to perceive the world. In fact, for most of history, it was assumed that plants had no sense of perception whatsoever. However, recent study seems to indicate that at least one plant might be capable of “seeing” what's around it. Is this true? Verdict: POSSIBLY TRUE In the early 2000s, plant scientist Ernesto Gianoli came across a curious climbing vine while walking with a student in the temperate forests of Chile. The plant they came across is now called Boquila trifoliolata and what...