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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.

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.

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.

October 20, 2015

Scientists look to mine metals from plants

Australian researchers lead efforts to farm metals from 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.

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.

October 20, 2015

50-million-year-old redwood chunk found in diamond mine

A search for diamonds in Canada's far north turned up a rare fossil — a chunk of a redwood sealed in volcanic rock more than 50 million years ago.

October 20, 2015

Fungus among us? Mold fears for space station cargo ship

The robotic European cargo ship Albert Einstein was opened Tuesday morning at the International Space Station -- a day late because of concerns that mold may have grown inside the vehicle, NASA officials said.

October 20, 2015

Poachers targeting California's redwoods to feed drug habits

California's majestic redwood trees are in danger as poachers enter the sunshine state's national parks to steal its wood to sell for furniture.

October 20, 2015

Scientists probe mystery of venus fly trap

Charles Darwin once referred to the Venus flytrap as "one of the most wonderful plants in the world." But despite the plant's notoriety, its closing mechanism remains a mystery 250 years after its discovery.