Scientists analyze branch patterns in trees and art, from da Vinci to Mondrian
The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...
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The strange history of citrus fruit spans ancient China and Rome to the Renaissance and today's lunchbox
But the story is a bit more complicated as, like most citrus fruit, the orange is actually a hybrid. "There is no such thing as a wild orange in China," botanist David Mabberley, adjunct professor ...
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Researchers find huge buried reservoir atop Oregon’s Cascade Range
According to a study published earlier this week, at least 81 cubic kilometers of active groundwater is currently stored at the Cascade Range crest in an area near the Santiam Pass. That’s more ...
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The Cascade Mountains Have Been Hiding a Precious Natural Resource. A Research Team Just Found It.
“That there are similar large volcanic aquifers north of the Columbia Gorge and near Mount Shasta likely make the Cascade Range the largest aquifer of its kind in the world.” Finding this body ...
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Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead
"That there are similar large volcanic aquifers north of the Columbia Gorge and near Mount Shasta likely make the Cascade Range the largest aquifer of its kind in the world." The Cascade mountain ...