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Plants October 21, 2015

1,500-year-old Antarctic moss brought back to life

Moss frozen on an Antarctic island for more than 1,500 years was brought back to life in a British laboratory, researchers report.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Dino-killing impact remade plant kingdom, too

The killer meteorite that extinguished the dinosaurs also torched North America's forests and plants.

SCIENCE October 21, 2015

The buzz on caffeine in coffee: A genetic quirk

Scientists have woken up and smelled the coffee — and analyzed its DNA.

Plants October 21, 2015

'Magic' mushrooms in Royal Garden: What is Fly Agaric?

Hallucinogenic mushrooms are perhaps the last thing you'd expect to find growing in the Queen of England's garden.

Plants October 21, 2015

Professor cooks up recipe for turning wood chips into food

Someday, restaurants will serve wood chips the same way they now serve mashed potatoes and grits. Also on the menu will be corn stems, husks and other unappetizing plant parts. And what’s more, diners will love the stuff.

Dinosaurs October 21, 2015

Roots of ancient flowers reach back to dinosaur times

Newfound fossils hint that flowering plants arose 100 million years earlier than scientists previously thought, suggesting flowers may have existed when the first known dinosaurs roamed Earth, researchers say.

SCIENCE October 20, 2015

Ooooooooh Tannenbaum: Huge DNA code of the Christmas tree beginning to yield its secrets

Scientists say they're making progress on a huge project: mapping the DNA of the Christmas tree.

SCIENCE October 20, 2015

Beautiful, eerie fluorescent glow of Hong Kong seas indicates harmful algal bloom at work

Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say.

Plants October 20, 2015

Scientists look to mine metals from plants

Australian researchers lead efforts to farm metals from plants.

Plants October 20, 2015

I am Groot: Is a walking, talking plant-person possible?

Lumbering around on his barky limbs, sprouting flowers and even dancing in a pot, one of the stars of the film "Guardians of the Galaxy" bizarrely blends the plant and animal kingdoms.

Plants October 20, 2015

Deepest corals in Great Barrier Reef discovered

Even four times as deep as most scuba divers venture, the Great Barrier Reef blooms. A new exploration by a remote-operated submersible has found the reef's deepest coral yet.