Gamechanging discovery makes forests 70% more effective at sucking carbon from the air
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- Oct 29
Massive 14,300-year-old solar storm discovered in tree rings


- Oct 25
Wind Trees silently generate electricity from gentle breezes


- Oct 23
Scientists genetically alter plants to solve global climate change


- Sep 7
Scientists finally uncovered why human shoulders and elbows first evolved


- Jul 15
Scientists build a better forest tree with CRISPR gene editing


- Jun 10
Future of urban lighting: Scientists create light-emitting plants


- Jun 3
8-year-old boy upends 100 years of science regarding insects and plants


- Mar 9
Scientists discover how a single cell turns into a majestic tree


- Jan 30
Human activity has degraded more than a third of the remaining Amazon rainforest, scientists find


- Jan 3
8-year-old boy upends over 100 years of scientific knowledge regarding plants and insects


- Dec 31, 2022
The future of urban lighting could be eco-friendly thanks to light-emitting plants


- Dec 17, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of how a single cell turns into majestic trees


- Dec 3, 2022
8-year-old boy upends a century of scientific knowledge regarding plants and insects


- Nov 3, 2022
8-year-old boy rewrites a century of knowledge regarding plants and insects


- Sep 1, 2022
Compound discovered in trees found to kill drug-resistant bacteria

- Apr 4, 2022
Stormwater harvesting is a cool way to keep streets green


- Apr 1, 2022
When it comes to sucking up carbon, not all trees are equal


- Mar 13, 2022
How does a single cell turn into something as majestic as a tree?


- Feb 3, 2022
Researchers estimate the number of tree species on Earth and how many are yet to be discovered