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 ...

Seven date palm trees have been grown from 2000-year-old seeds that were found in the Judean desert near Jerusalem. The seeds – the oldest ever germinated – were among hundreds discovered in caves and ...

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 ...

One of the date palms that was germinated from a 2,200 year old seed, now growing in Israel. (Credit: Sarah Sallon) Scientists grew seven Judean date palm trees from a few dozen 2,000-year-old seeds ...

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 ...

Dates are a wonderful fruit that's both nutritious and delicious. These sweet treats are easy to grow, and mature in clusters on certain types of palm trees. However, many of these date trees can grow ...

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, ...

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.