Palm dates have long been a staple food in many cultures, prized for their rich taste, high nutritional value, and long shelf ...

Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire dominated the world, and it had a favorite fruit — dates. Ancient dates — varieties of the fruit that eventually led to the basis of the bacon-wrapped treats ...

Their names are Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith, and Hannah, and their ages are—well, actually, this one’s a bit complicated. Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith, and Hannah are date-palm trees, and ...

Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to grow viable plants. The scientists were then able to take samples of these plants ...

Methuselah, Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith and Hannah—all sat dormant in Judea since biblical times. Now scientists have resurrected them in the hopes of better understanding their vanished lineage.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

She planted the date seeds at the end of January after trying to draw them out of their deep dormancy. She first soaked the seeds in hot water to soften the coat, then in an acid rich in hormones, ...

Explore the remarkable journey of a date palm from seed to thriving young plant in this stunning 230-day time-lapse. Watch each stage—from extracting the date seed to the gradual development of a ...

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully sequenced the genome of previously extinct date palm varieties that lived more than 2,000 years ago. They did ...

Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Center for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully sequenced the genome of previously extinct date palm varieties that lived more than 2,000 years ago.