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Raymond Culbertson. We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

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We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark ...