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Environmental horticulturists have long been stumped by the strange behavior of trees in groups. Why do trees on the perimeter of a forest have stocky, tapering trunks, while those in the interior are tall and slender and are easily toppled by wind after the tough outer trees have been felled...
Writing in the journal Science, Neel and Harris explain the simple procedure that they used to test their hunch. At a local nursery, they bought eight matching pairs of young sweetgum trees. They potted the sweet gums in four-gallon cans in their greenhouse and stopped in every morning to...
DOES this mean we're expecting another war?" my son Donnie, 12, asked when the letter arrived. "Not necessarily," I replied. "But it does mean that the army wants you to get your bike out of the bomb shelter." "And our trunks," added my wife.
Even in the smoking ruins of Hiroshima, it was a sight that few could forget. The young man, his hands behind his back, was tied by a piece of wire to a crazily tilting utility pole. How he got there is still a mystery. He wore only a pair of...
Backlash. To save their trees, some people tried using a biocide called Bacillus thuringiensis, which infects the caterpillars with a lethal virus. Smelling like musty hay, "BT" unfortunately may cause difficulties for people with allergies. Other tree owners turned to home remedies. They swatted the bugs with shovels, burned them...