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Conservationists are in a race against time to prevent one of the world's rarest island plants from disappearing forever, after seeds collected from the only surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree ...

One of the world's oldest living plants has received a major new layer of protection in Southern California — a hopeful reminder that even fast-growing communities can still make room for ...

Before deep learning had a name, a handful of engineers and theorists believed the mind's intuitive power could be reverse-engineered from biology. This is the story of how neurons, knobs, and a key ...

A consortium of groups sued the city of Jurupa Valley in 2024 but they've now reached a compromise Sefa Degirmenci/Anadolu Agency via Getty The world's oldest oak tree will be protected from a new ...

Cities and towns are usually 1–3°C hotter than the surrounding countryside, because asphalt, concrete and brick absorb heat from the sun and radiate it slowly. Some cities can be as much as 7°C hotter ...

Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The body draped over the upper branches of the red oak does not move. An unseasonably warm November breeze frees leaves from the tree, fallen foliage swirling around the group that has gathered around ...

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“I’ve spent a long time exploring the crystalline beauty of traditional mathematics, but now I’m feeling an urge to study something slightly more earthy,” John Baez wrote on his blog in 2011. An ...

The tree house I lived in that summer was decidedly unspectacular. It was more of a tree hovel, really. The floor was a large sheet of graffitied plywood, and the roof was covered with a pair of heavy ...