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  Europe in Motion  - Copyright    Euronews Copyright Euronews European leaders seem to be failing to get the message across, as EU citizens rank defence only seventh out of 10 investment priorities. Calls from the European Union and NATO for increased military spending aren't exactly resonating among the EU public. A recent Eurobarometer  poll  showed EU citizens are not exactly eager to spend money on defence, despite growing warnings from NATO and the EU about the risk of future conflicts. Fewer than one in four people (23%) want the EU to use its funds for military purposes. Which countries show the least support for military spending? A recent joint  report  by Bruegel and the Kiel Institute claimed that a new Russian aggression is "conceivable", citing NATO claims that Moscow might be "ready to attack within three to ten years". Yet, defence capabilities and infrastructure rank only seventh out of 10 proposed areas of investment in the ...

Listen to the sounds three different plants might make if they were stressed Animals react to sounds being made by plants, new research suggests, opening up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between them. In the first ever such evidence, a team at Tel Aviv University found that female moths avoided laying their eggs on tomato plants if they made noises they associated with distress, indicating that they may be unhealthy. The team was the first to show two years ago that plants scream when they are distressed or unhealthy. The sounds are outside the range of human hearing, but can be perceived by many insects, bats and some mammals. "This is the first demonstration ever of an animal responding to sounds produced by a plant," said Prof Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University. "This is speculation at this stage, but it could be that all sorts of animals will make decisions based on the sounds they hear from plants, such as whether to pollinate or hide insid...