Fire-resistance, ‘swollen knees’ to fight decay, toxins to wipe out rivals: There are lessons for science in the tools that have allowed the world’s oldest trees to survive.

“It belongs in a museum!” has time and time again been uttered by Harrison Ford’s famous character, Indiana Jones, in reference to world’s timeless relics, and wouldn’t you know, he’d probably say the ...

When we look up at the night sky, most of us see the same patterns of stars that the ancient […] ...