While decorating a green fir tree (real or fake) with an array of mismatching baubles is pleasingly kitsch, the traditional Christmas tree commands a level of maximalism I don’t naturally reach ...

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Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar ...

THERE COULD BE A NEW TREND DEVELOPING IN HOLIDAY DECOR SINCE THE MID 19TH CENTURY, CHRISTMAS TREES HAVE BEEN A STAPLE OF AMERICAN CHRISTMASES, BUT NOW SOMETHING NEW IS WEDGING ITS WAY IN. FOR SOME, ...

Rachel D. Levy ’22 is an Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrator in Pforzheimer House. Her column “The Experiment of Life” appears on alternate Mondays. Growing up, there was a particular ...