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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Scientists have grown a tree from what may be the oldest seed ever germinated. The new sapling was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old date palm excavated in Masada, the site of a cliff-side fortress in Israel where ancient Jews are said to have killed them.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 12:38pm neoform

CNN -- The tree stood tall and spindly in the hot sun some 380 million years ago when something toppled it, maybe a storm or an earthquake. It fell into water and dammed up in a muddy delta. The mud and sand on top hardened into sedimentary rock, hiding the f.. Read More