this solitary sentinel was considered the most isolated tree on Earth, serving as a crucial waypoint for countless caravans crossing the harsh desert expanse. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?

Go ahead, wrap your arms around a tree and give it a great big hug, after all, it’s April 22, also known as Earth Day. Every year, April 22 marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern ...

To help you explore this tree and understand the amazing mechanism ... for the first time here––developed by the Life on Earth project based at Harvard University’s School of Engineering ...

Once you had garden of Eden, Now you have this. Vegas. A playpen in the desert. Bliss. Here, 5,000 years of Civilization Can be experienced in an instant. Have a nice day. Enjoy. For in a flash it ...

And more astonishing facts about how the Earth changes in 24 hours. Emma Segal ...

For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether Prototaxites—which stood roughly 24 feet tall and 3 feet wide—were an early lichen or fungus, like a “giant mushroom” ...