The Peepal tree is famously known as the Bodhi Tree. Learn why the Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa), or Peepal, is called the ...

The teaser for 'Psych Siddhartha' has generated significant buzz, showcasing Nandhu's compelling portrayal of a frustrated everyman. Director Varan Reddy's debut promises a wild comic ride, delving ...

A 17-year-old Indian-origin student, Siddhartha Patel Daswani, is revolutionizing wildfire prevention with AI. His initiative, SmokeSignal, uses advanced tools to detect and predict fires in real-time ...

Dear Helen: I have two fig trees. One, a Desert King, yields a big first crop. The other, smaller fig tree (unknown variety) does not get a first crop that ripens. The first crop figs do not develop ...

This seasonal, open-air restaurant under a century-old fig tree serves 3-hour Mediterranean feasts rooted in local produce. The entrance of The Fig Tree restaurant on Kangaroo Island in South ...

UPPER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The 2nd annual Pennsylvania Fig Festival featured fanatics of the famous fruit from across the state and beyond. Guests were greeted by growers of fig ...

One afigcionado is making this corner of Queens a far more fruit-friendly place. Buoyed by the success of Astoria’s first-ever fig tree scion exchange in March — which brought in some 200 people to ...

Elisha Wise will receive funding from the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (ARCH) from October 2025. In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new research has found. The team of Kenyan, U.S., Austrian, and Swiss ...

Some fig trees can convert surprisingly large amounts of carbon dioxide into stone, ensuring that the carbon remains in the soil long after the tree has died. This means that fig trees planted for ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and still ...