A 700-year-old banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan tree using radiocarbon dating. Know why this discovery is important. The oldest banyan tree ...
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.