Four billion American chestnut trees have been killed by a deadly fungus. Can genetic engineering help scientists build a better tree?

Four billion American chestnut trees have been killed by a deadly fungus. Can genetic engineering help scientists build a better tree?

National Geographic | 
Over the course of the 20th century, an estimated four billion [American chestnut trees], one-fourth of the hardwood trees growing ...
Saving forests: How genetic engineering can play key role

Saving forests: How genetic engineering can play key role

National Geographic | 
Emerald ash borer, sudden oak death, Dutch elm disease, oak wilt disease, walnut canker, hemlock woolly adelgid—in a globalizing world, ...
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Coronavirus missiles: See for yourself if 6 feet of separation is enough protection from a cough

National Geographic | 
[Lydia] Bourouiba, a fluid dynamics scientist at MIT, has spent the last few years using high-speed cameras and light to ...
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