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Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needlesSpruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface.
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Do figs really have dead wasps in them?Does every fig you eat really have a dead wasp inside?
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Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old treesThe Cairo Fossil Forest is the second oldest in the world. These forests mark a turning point in Earth's history because they changed the composition of the atmosphere, scientists say.
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Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlightResearchers injected "afterglow" phosphor particles into succulents to create the world's first multicolored glow-in-the-dark plants, featuring blue, green, red and blue-violet luminescence.
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Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know aboutA global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet underground.
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Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountainGiant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.
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'This should not be published': Scientists cast doubt on study claiming trees 'talk' before solar eclipsesClaims that spruce trees synchronize their responses to a solar eclipse were widely reported recently — but many researchers are sceptical of the results.
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See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years agoFossil sites in Australia hold pollen and spores from the dinosaur age, when the island straddled the Antarctic Circle. Now, scientists have re-created the habitat of "polar dinosaurs," using these plant remains.
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Plants: Facts about our oxygen providersDiscover interesting facts about why plants are green, if they feel pain, and if they get cancer.
