At dusk on July 10, monks at Wat Pasukato temple in northeastern Thailand gathered for a quiet procession to mark Asalha ...

Unlike conventional trees that store carbon temporarily in organic matter, the species is capable of converting the ...

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Buddhists celebrate Dharma Day the anniversary of Buddha's first sermon after his enlightenment. In this teaching, he shared an important truth: that everything in life is interconnected, which the ...

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into ...

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer ...

No other Indian fruit can match the mango for its historical significance, its sociocultural importance and its almost ...

If you have a fig tree in your garden, this is a perfect time of the year to put them to good use. Fig leaf tea, made from the leaves of the fig tree, has a number of health benefits, some of which ...