This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Instead of spitting out orange seeds and discarding them, it's possible to grow your own trees. Germination and planting is ...

Ever try growing an apple tree from a seed? In this time lapse, we demonstrate how a seed was stratified after extraction from a typical apple all the way to early plant. The pips were taken out of a ...

In tropical forests across Central and South America, a quiet tree hides one of the most violent forms of seed dispersal ...

"Moon Trees" are starting to grow on Earth. They got that name because as seeds they spent some time in space. In late 2022, a NASA flight around the moon carried a variety of tree seeds. After their ...

Researchers have designed a simple drinking water filtration method using sand combined with the extract of seeds from a tree commonly found in equatorial regions. A small prototype filter completely ...

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Update March 7, 2016: The second-generation moon tree in South Fairmount, the only such tree in Cincinnati, was cut down and turned into wood chips on March 1, according to Dennis Smith, who planted ...