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BBC Science Focus writes that historically, gum was made from the chewy sap of the Sapodilla tree. However nowadays, they say, most companies use a substance called polyisobutylene. That’s the ...

Adding trees with red leaves to your plot is a wonderful way to introduce ornamental detail and vibrant color. Not only do they add showstopping color, but trees with red foliage create warmth, depth ...

A deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub, with a low, spreading habit and angled stems. Leaves are narrowly oblong, almost linear, and deep green, sometimes turning bright red in autumn. Small, ...

A slender, narrowly-columnar evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 6m high, with sticky buds and simple, oblong, glossy dark green leaves, up to 1.5-2cm long, and glaucous below. Scented white flowers, ...

A 2020 microlensing event was caused by a planetary system with an Earth-like planet and brown dwarf. The star type was uncertain. The team has determined that the star is a white dwarf ...

A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving. By Rachel Nuwer Rachel Nuwer has reported on earlier concerns about ...

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...

The planet, called KMT-2020-BLG-0414 and located 4,000 light-years from Earth, is a rocky world orbiting a white dwarf — the embering husk of a star. Our sun is expected to transform into a ...

An international team of botanists, agriculturists and historians has successfully grown a mature tree from an ancient seed found in a cave in Israel. In their paper, published in the journal ...