How a simple animal folds itself with origami-like precision

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...
Science Daily

This “mushroom” is not a fungus, it’s a bizarre plant that breaks all the rules

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

Real or Fake? There’s a War Over Christmas … Trees.

Tree farmers and the marketing group that supports them want more Americans to buy live-cut trees. A new Home Depot ad gave ...
Science News

A quantum trick helps trim bloated AI models

Machine learning techniques that make use of tensor networks could manipulate data more efficiently and help open the black ...

Patient Zero: How one flight attendant was blamed for the AIDS epidemic

A Canadian flight attendant, Gaëtan Dugas, was wrongly blamed as 'Patient Zero' for the AIDS epidemic. This damaging myth ...
Microsoft

Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network on Semantic Tree

The recent past has seen an increasing interest in Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks (HGNNs), since many real-world graphs are heterogeneous in nature, from citation graphs to email graphs. However, ...
IEEE

Tree Species Mapping in Temperate Forests From Sentinel-2 Imagery Using OAPCNet: An Optical Flow Alignment and Physical Constraint Network

Abstract: Accurate tree species mapping via satellite imagery is essential for forest resource management at both global and regional scales. Forest phenological processes, captured in Sentinel-2 ...
The White House

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

First Lady Melania Trump’s 2025 White House Christmas theme, Home Is Where The Heart Is, illuminates the heartfelt character of America within the People’s House. The First Lady’s creative inspiration ...
Columbus Dispatch

With tariffs hitting fake firs, it may be the year for a real Christmas tree

Everything is getting more expensive, but maybe not real Christmas trees. The Real Christmas Tree Board reports that of wholesale growers surveyed, 84% said they do not plan to raise prices for the ...
The Weather Network

What the sky has to do with your Christmas tree

Whether you're planting a tree at home or picking out the perfect Christmas tree, weather plays a big role in how that tree will grow. “This is our 80th year in business. I'm the third generation,” ...
USA Today

Where did the White House get its Christmas tree? Here's what to know

First lady Melania Trump will receive the official White House Christmas for 2025 on Nov. 24, marking the first time a Michigan farm has provided the iconic holiday staple in more than four decades.
Forbes

Meet The Tree That Produces The Only True Blue Fruit On The Planet. Hint: It’s Not Actually Blue

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The quandong’s fruit appear intensely blue, but without ...