Finally. How plants climb.

Clematis - clever climber.

Clematis - clever climber.

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Clever climbing plants could influence building technology.

It confounded the great Charles Darwin, but it need confound you no longer.

Perhaps you've never given it much thought, but it turns out, it's a pretty sophisticated procedure: science has deduced how climbing plants climb.

Sharon Gerbode is the lead author of the study, which is published in the journal, Science. We reached her, via Skype, in Claremont, California.