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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Plants ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Some fungi can influence the weather ‪—‬ and now we know how they do it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Some types of fungi borrowed a gene from ancient bacteria that gave the ability to make ice and trigger rain. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian Owens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uwC3jPxpVWy76E3dtnGL69-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have discovered how some types of fungi, including some from &lt;em&gt;Mortierellaceae &lt;/em&gt;family (not pictured above), are able to trigger rain.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a mushroom with a lady bird underneath in a rainstorm]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists are racing to save Australia's 'zombie tree' from a fast-spreading fungal disease ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A fast-spreading fungal disease has left the newly named Australian "zombie tree" unable to produce flowers, fruit or seeds, and scientists warn that 16 other species may be heading down the same path. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2tVYqxxW62jAkqvsJ4Xh9L-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close-up of a healthy zombie tree (&lt;em&gt;Rhodamnia zombi&lt;/em&gt;).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a tree with waxy green oval-shaped leaves and white flowers with yellow stamens]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How plants moved from sea to land and changed Earth forever ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A geoscientist explains how the first plants came to exist on Earth, long before the dinosaurs, and how their growth shaped life on our planet as we know it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:56:53 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Erin Potter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nRyQSxmx3L3FETiKS2K8Jc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Once plants really got a foothold, they transformed our planet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of tree roots underground.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Canada could remove 5 times its annual carbon emissions by planting trees on edge of boreal forest, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Planting trees on 6.4 million hectares of northern taiga forest could remove 3.9 gigatons of CO2 by 2100 — five times Canada's annual emissions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:49:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brian Owens ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4hMcgtAirvqf7xYbLi5mc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Planting trees at the northern edge of Canada&#039;s boreal forest could remove a huge amount of carbon, study finds. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Distant mountains glowing in sunset light at Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory, Canada.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Permafrost thaw and 'shrubification' have tipped Alaska's North Slope into a wildfire regime not seen for 3,000 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An analysis of peatland soil samples and satellite images has found that wildfires on Alaska's North Slope are more frequent and severe now than they were at any point over the past 3,000 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:33:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:29:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s3FKH7vz4MAFnfuZQpj2VP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildfires in Alaska&#039;s Northern Slope are now the worst they&#039;ve been for 3,000 years, according to a new study.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[long road along tundra with mountains in background and cloudy sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs more CO2 than it emits, research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:43:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GJMc6FqGdoRyshNoyVK8uL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Vegetation grows on the banks of the Tarim River along the Taklamakan Desert&#039;s northern edge.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[View of the Tarim River at the edge of China&#039;s Taklamakan Desert.  We see waterways and vegetation on the river banks.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Nitrogen fixing' trees could help tropical forests bounce back, research suggests  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new insights into forest restoration. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:31:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:26:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Corey Kane ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VhrdiuoqKVNCKcPoEndnuG-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Many tropical forests are regenerating on land where forests have previously been chopped down for cattle grazing. Practices like these cause nitrogen to be lost from the soil, which can slow the regrowth of forests. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph of a grassy hill with horses in the background and a tall tree.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists watch microscopic plant 'mouths' breathing in real time with palm-sized tool  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:25:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:59:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Wild ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gpqf56ZxfKNYpdxaooudPH-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Plant Physiology, Volume 199, Issue 4, December 2025, kiaf600, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf600]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Representative 16-bit confocal microscope image of an open &lt;em&gt;Zea mays&lt;/em&gt; stoma.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Microscope image of a stomata cell of a plant.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Avenue of the Baobabs: Madagascar's natural monument with dozens of 'mother of the forest' trees ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Avenue of the Baobabs preserves the remnant trees of an ancient tropical forest on Madagascar. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5pjnSDz3xbvWnJA5aUQUr7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Avenue of the Baobabs at sunset.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Avenue of the Baobabs at sunset. We see a dirt road lined with at least six baobab trees.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trees in Panama's tropical forests are growing longer roots in the face of drought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:08:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Wild ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/29wh48zbFx99aSSDJGk2pL-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Corredor Biologico Serrania del Bagre National park rainforest, Panama.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Corredor Biologico Serrania del Bagre National park rainforest, Panama.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's Great Green Wall: The giant artificial forest designed to slow the expansion of 2 deserts ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Since 1978, China has planted more than 66 billion trees along its 2,800-mile-long northern border, and it wants to plant 34 billion more over the next 25 years to complete its "Great Green Wall." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CZhF437mYjtxkLjMu3f8c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[China&#039;s Great Green Wall is designed to slow desertification.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of China&#039;s Great Green Wall.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:36:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:12:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t9E5mGnXVD9NV56oz3MMv5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Great Green Wall is a huge regreening initiative in China&#039;s north aimed at slowing desertification.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of the edge of China&#039;s Kubuqi Desert where a large-scale tree planting effort is slowing desertification.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Death Valley shrub rearranges its insides to thrive in one of the hottest places on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sarah Wild ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C8Sh2GcXAjxr5H5hAsvwug-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The shrub &lt;em&gt;T. oblongifolia &lt;/em&gt;is able to photosynthesize at the highest temperatures of any known plant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[T. oblongifolia growing in Death Valley, California.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why can pumpkins grow so large, but blueberries can't? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Most fruit is pretty small, so why do pumpkins grow to such enormous sizes? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ashley.s.hamer@gmail.com (Ashley Hamer) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley Hamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sBreB4oqRZqh4QRZQ36sBS-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An award-winning pumpkin weighing 2,507 pounds (1,137 kilograms) at the All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair on Oct. 4, 2025. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Handlers guide a giant pumpkin onto the scale during the All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair on October 4, 2025.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fruits and vegetables quiz: Do you know where pumpkins, blueberries and broccoli come from? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Do you know where your staple fruits and vegetables were domesticated? Take Live Science's quiz to find out. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZhjmpaZDApgauYGd9ZbiJP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Do you know where staple fruits and vegetables were first domesticated?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a spread of fresh fruits and vegetables]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plants self-organize in a 'hidden order,' echoing pattern found across nature ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have discovered a "perfect disordered hyperuniform" pattern in how plants arrange themselves across many dry landscapes that allows them to make the most of water resources. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CPhGQo9Pwbo6f3ZSi65G93-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Namibia&#039;s fairy circles are among the world&#039;s drylands that appear to follow a &quot;hidden order&quot; seen across nature. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of fairy circles in the Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover gold nanoparticles hidden in spruce tree needles ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Spruce tree needles contain tiny gold particles — and they could indicate large gold deposits beneath the surface. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Richard Pallardy ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pMCvmZZxfCt2jmq9HgbSSG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists found gold nanoparticles in four of the 23 spruce trees sampled in the study. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Christmas tree farm.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Do figs really have dead wasps in them? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Does every fig you eat really have a dead wasp inside? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Marilyn Perkins ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VsJyieaxdfEEPUis8YU5o7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Is it true that every fig contains a sacrificed wasp?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of a person holding an open fig]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why does medicine taste bad? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Medicines help us recover from illness, but sometimes they taste gross. Why is that? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:33:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Atkinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VgtQmrpNCSGi3BprKEUgjD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Medicines in syrups, tablets and capsules can sometimes taste bad, which may make them difficult to swallow for vulnerable patients.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sick little boy lying in bed making a face at his mother. The mother is giving a spoon of medicine to the boy. The boy hates the medicine and makes a disgusted face.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Cairo Fossil Forest: The oldest forest in North America with 385 million-year-old trees ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/agaiH7QpPvsZgHKZhodXuZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers found the Cairo Fossil Forest in 2009, but the discovery was announced in 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three researchers stand in a quarry where the remains of ancient trees are buried.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:27:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hB4RFvavmAtVDSfkUutYme-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists are cryopreserving a critically endangered tree species.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A plant shoot tip in a petri dish.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese scientists create multicolored glow-in-the-dark succulents that recharge in sunlight ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:18:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9LEHQR3nnDvrZmwUaQFnq8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Liu et al., Matter (2025)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[In a first, scientists created multicolored, glow-in-the-dark plants.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pictures of luminescent succulents glowing red, green, blue, orange and multicolored.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers say they have finally uncovered the mysterious origins of one of our favorite carbs: the humble potato. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cujFUkWtistuhG9U5FYTSK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Potatoes and tomatoes are more closely related than they look.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A greengrocers stall with potatoes and tomatoes stacked next to each other.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A peatland in the Amazon stopped absorbing carbon. What does it mean?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ucJHdcnE5EARn7C5mkhYnd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A peatland in the Peruvian Amazon became carbon neutral in 2022, according to a new study. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aguaje palm trees by lake Sandoval.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plants have a secret, second set of roots deep underground that scientists didn't know about ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nRyQSxmx3L3FETiKS2K8Jc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Around 20% of plants have a second set of roots deep underground, new research shows. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of tree roots underground.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ College student discovers psychedelic fungus that eluded LSD inventor ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A West Virginia University student has identified an elusive fungus that contains psychedelic chemicals similar to LSD. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cMzJ3jVCPcUQoPrD5QyHWd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Environmental microbiology major&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Corinne Hazel discovered the fungus in a variety of Mexican morning glory called &quot;Heavenly Blue.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of Corinne Hazel, a WVU environmental microbiology student, examining a morning glory with Periglandula clandestina.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Giant 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JrHdcVsdG2DT5KZDJ7ebyQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Giant groundsels (&lt;em&gt;Dendrosenecio kilimanjari&lt;/em&gt;) are plant endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Giant groundsels growing along a trail on Mount Kilimanjaro. The scene is misty.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This should not be published': Scientists cast doubt on study claiming trees 'talk' before solar eclipses ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Claims 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 14 May 2025 15:25:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R4MCZKJZRPmcsFaPtgXFRn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have claimed trees communicate hours before a solar eclipse after detecting bioelectric signals in spruce trees just before the celestial event.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tree is silhouetted against the full completed Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2023 in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossil 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 12 May 2025 23:13:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jveaQhp7hD2fz6BynV5fPR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A reconstruction of a cool-temperate rainforest and river landscape during the early Cretaceous period in what is now southern Australian.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Reconstruction of an early Cretaceous landscape in what is now southern Australia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Plants: Facts about our oxygen providers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Discover interesting facts about why plants are green, if they feel pain, and if they get cancer. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ys2LGCs5gquRQ8k8trUkp9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Sugar beets and spinach are the best vegetables to grow if you live in a temperate, midsize city during a nuclear winter, a new study suggests, while wheat and carrots are recommended for industrial production on the outskirts of town. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 07 May 2025 21:39:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jesse Steinmetz ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YB5mGBWAvysQ7zvxow5Z9e-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have figured out what crops we&#039;d need to grow in the event of a global catastrophe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an apocalyptic cityscape with orange sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tropical tree in Panama has evolved to kill its 'enemies' with lightning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tonka bean trees survive lightning strikes — and use the powerful electric shocks to kill their competitors. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacklin Kwan ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XNBxBWvFuPZ679uPZmQZyY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists discover trees in the lowland rainforests of Panama that use lightning strikes to their advantage. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Stunning tropical landscape of Madagascar highlands during a storm with a flash of lighting in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Woolly devil' flowers in Texas desert are the 1st new plant genus discovered in a US national park in almost 50 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:46:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:56:02 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XaWDSQQnyiBU8AmsyK5PoF-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The wooly devil (&lt;em&gt;Ovicula biradiata&lt;/em&gt;) was discovered by a volunteer at Big Bend National Park. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The wooly devil (Ovicula biradiata), a flowering plant that appears soft and fuzzy.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese scientists use laser drones to count the country's trees — all 142.6 billion of them ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have counted the number of trees in China and mapped their distribution across the country using a laser-based technique called lidar. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XChKqyk73yJxd5tqzSQ5fB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New research suggests there are about 100 trees per inhabitant in China.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of forest and bare hillside with trees growing on it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Refuge from the worst mass extinction in Earth's history discovered fossilized  in China ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have done okay. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:49:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:56:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N5hx4SkMrwn2AUrKJ8wgPn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fossils in China suggest the &quot;Great Dying&quot; mass extinction wasn&#039;t as catastrophic in some regions. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape with dinosaurs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Gossiping neighbors': Plants didn't evolve to be kind to each other, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Rather than helping each other out when they're attacked, plants may have to eavesdrop on each other to know when to launch their own defenses. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jess Thomson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oDS9Jy7wfMVwzLKbGgxEA-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Loreto Oyarte Galvez.]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[  Scientists discover pristine ancient forest frozen in time in Rocky Mountains ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A melting ice patch in the Rocky Mountains uncovered an ancient forest, and these trees have stories to tell about dynamic landscapes and climate change. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ K.R. Callaway ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ccLcmhcmgsEGw9WerAVixM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Daniel Stahle, Montana State University]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Long-frozen whitebark pines emerge from a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A whitebark pine subfossil revealed beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ferns can evolve 'backward,' scientists discover ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve ‘backward.’ ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 23 May 2025 12:50:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jacob S. Suissa ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ECGksCVCmDoMVrpzR468Ha-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jacob S. Suissa, CC BY-ND]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Unfurling fiddlehead of the Christmas fern (&lt;em&gt;Polystichum acrostichoides&lt;/em&gt;).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a Christmas fern]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew L. Hipp ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r98jazVHMMEWGbB3PasFob-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Piriya Photography via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien plant' fossil discovered near Utah ghost town doesn't belong to any known plant families, living or extinct ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fossilized plant remains discovered near a Utah ghost town have stumped scientists, who are unable to link them to any modern or extinct plants. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zokbbcedKZrApTmjnzyyHk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The &lt;em&gt;Othniophyton elongatum &lt;/em&gt;fossil.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a fossilized plant]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, but exactly how they do it has long remained a mystery. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:56:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:04:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZFdUnQybaqcxoW8wtgQsBG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Squirting cucumbers (&lt;em&gt;Ecballium elaterium&lt;/em&gt;) eject their seeds in a violent jet of liquid.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two pictures showing the squirting cucumber plant and a still photo of the seed launch on a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where did the 1st seeds come from? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come from? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/562thxUxVEJxe8N8i8LWik-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seeds dispersing from a &lt;em&gt;Taraxacum&lt;/em&gt; dandelion plant.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close-up of a dandelion with one seed floating away]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The clonal quaking aspen known as Pando is between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A6JQBJiiiAEZJFSG2pWf4m-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[George Rose via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A picture of Pando Aspen Grove, the world&#039;s largest single organism made up of 40,000 trees across 106 acres. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A wide shot of a forest showing many trees turning yellow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How is paper made from trees? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plant-based paper has been used for thousands of years, but exactly how is it created from trees? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Olivia Ferrari ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pNs6XEcMTnzcwiP8FPcJCY-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Michael Milner/Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Paper is made from wood by stripping the bark from trees then chipping it and turning into a pulp. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Aerial view of a operations at a paper and pulp plant.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pando: The world's largest tree and heaviest living organism ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats mean the plant is now in decline. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:16 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vBRCbWvm7LoeFCwQAyVta4-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Layne Naylor/Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pando is a colony of aspen stems that originate from a single giant root network.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Pando clone in Utah, which looks like a forest. The leaves are yellow.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weed, brains and spider eyeballs: 20 jaw-dropping snapshots of the microscopic world around us ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ See the top 20 winning photographs from the 50th Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WJJv53uKWUY5ZakYKS9yZb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Chris Romaine/Nikon Small World 2024 ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A microscopic image of a cannabis plant won third place at the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Leaf of a cannabis plant. The bulbous glands are trichomes. The bubbles inside are cann.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth from space: 4 near-identical glaciers spark new life in Arctic island's 'polar desert' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to spark life in the otherwise barren Arctic environment. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AHbEADrBrnGDDt65yXFFca-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This icy quartet is part of a network of thousands of glaciers across Ellesmere Island, which are vital to sustaining life in this barren landscape.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A satellite photo of 4 elongated glaciers next to one another]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Deep below the Arctic Ocean, some plants have adapted to photosynthesize in almost near darkness ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Plants found to photosynthesize 160 feet beneath the surface of the Arctic Ocean offer tantalizing prospects for the future. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:30:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sven Batke ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PeDSTM8tXMq5TL2oZ7ckmn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A study of Arctic microalgae could benefit everyone from farmers to astronauts.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dark image of plants growing underwater]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lost biblical tree resurrected from 1,000-year-old mystery seed found in the Judaean Desert ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have grown an ancient seed from a cave in the Judaean Desert into a tree — and it could belong to a locally-extinct species with medicinal properties mentioned several times in the Bible. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KJxqJiLtMJkMi982aumKCR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Guy Eisner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers planted the ancient seed in 2010, more than 20 years after it was discovered in the Judaean Desert.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A collage of two pictures showing a small tree standing in a pot in a greenhouse.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fossils from lush 53 million-year-old South Pole rainforest discovered in Tasmania ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MWWpUMQVj7nuf9jP3oj928-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[© 2024 The Author(s). American Journal of Botany published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Botanical Society of America.  ]]></media:credit>
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