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Researchers have grown their “Bible” tree into a plant some 3.5 meters tall. Source: Communications Biology.
28 SEP 2024 · 2 MIN

Lost Tree Mentioned in the Bible Brought Back to Life after 1,000 Years

A team of researchers working for fourteen years have managed to bring to life an entirely extinct tree, resurrecting a lost species that was originally mentioned in the Bible. The discovery, published…
A coin from Cyrene depicting silphium: the plant, which only grew locally to the city, became its chief export. Source: ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0.
23 SEP 2024 · 6 MIN

Silphium: Can We Rediscover the Roman Wonder Drug?

Cure-alls are, generally speaking, never what they claim. Most medical wonder drugs are nothing of the sort, and snake oil salesmen have existed throughout history, prospering as long as there are people…