LoginA 1,000-Year-Old Seed Grows in Israel
For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.
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Life After Death: America’s Cemeteries Are Rewilding
More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn is among the earliest cemeteries in the country to be modeled after rural landscapes, and to serve as an urban park.
