A desert plant that defies gravity?

Supposedly, I see science as an enemy and, to the limited extent that I don’t fear it, value science only for the occasional “gee-whiz” factoid.

There’s probably little if anything that I can do to nudge rigid ideologues and bitter haters into a richer contact with reality, so . . .  what the heck!  Here’s a gee-whiz factoid:

http://news.byu.edu/news/desert-plant-defies-gravity-collecting-water-upside-down-tiny-leaf-hairs

The adaptability of plants and animals to difficult environments is astonishing, as is the tiny scale on which the adaptations often occur.