Cedars and junipers are both evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the plant order Pinales. They have many traits in common and are easily confused, in part because some trees commonly referred to ...

The shoot of the cedar tree that the prophet Ezekiel describes in the first reading, that the Lord plants on the mountain heights of Israel, where it grows majestic and fruitful, and the plant that ...

A long time ago, I went out in the woods with a mycologist friend on the hunt for some sort of lichen (or it might have been a fungi, it was so long ago I don’t remember) that was typically (or ...

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Why should travelers walk the Trail of the Cedars? Trail of the Cedars is as tranquil as it is beautiful, despite being one of the busier trails in the park due to its accessibility and suitability ...

Wired magazine has featured Cedars-Sinai and its OR360 in a new story, “How Designers Are Reinventing Trauma Care to Save Soldiers Lives.” The piece takes a deep look at the innovation center where ...

The AI-powered chatbot called Xaia is designed to supplement the services of mental health therapists. Startups using artificial intelligence raised $3.9 billion last year, accounting for one-third of ...

Global warming could wipe out most of the country’s remaining cedar forests by the end of the century. Anne Barnard, the New York Times Beirut bureau chief for the past six years, and Josh Haner, a ...