Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Trees, you’ve got to love them. We seem to talk about trees ...

Don't get that fake evergreen just yet. Gene engineering and time-tested farming techniques are merging to form a better tree. Photos: Oh Christmas tree Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...

An Amtrak engineer was nearly impaled after the train struck a fallen tree as a powerful storm hit Washington, the railroad company said. The incident happened at about 7:50 p.m. Nov. 19 in Silvana, a ...

An Amtrak engineer was nearly impaled after a train struck a fallen tree as a powerful storm hit Washington, the railroad company said. The incident happened at about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday in Silvana, a ...

Two genome-edited poplar trees on the right, and one wild-type tree on the left. Credit: University of Maryland Trees play a big role in the fight against climate change: They can soak up carbon ...

Carbon fiber is one of the strongest and most resilient materials on the market, used in everything from car frames to body armor. It’s also incredibly expensive to make. But one plant biologist says ...

There's no such thing as a perfect Christmas tree, but genetic engineering may help keep the needles on the branches longer. Facing the rising popularity of increasingly realistic fake trees from ...