A 1,000-year-old seed — buried for centuries — has been brought back to life. Scientists have nurtured this ancient seed, and it has grown into a thriving tree. Named “Sheba,” this tree could hold the ...

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We can easily see why trees often take leading roles in ancient religion. Along with mountains and the sea, trees are bigger than we are; they stand when we fall and they endure when we pass away. Yet ...

Dr. Sarah Sallon, who founded the Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center in nearby Jerusalem, shows the result of a 1,000 year-old seed her team planted. CNN From tinsel to Tamagotchis, ...

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Botanists have grown a long-lost tree species from a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s. The researchers involved in the project say they believe the tree species, ...