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Edward64

06-13-2008 11:43 PM

Need a Date?

IMO, this is just amazing. Hope they plan to sell seeds from this tree. I'll pay a premium for them.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366145,00.html

Quote:

Scientists have grown a tree from what may be the oldest seed ever germinated.

The new sapling was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old date palm excavated in Masada, the site of a cliff-side fortress in Israel where ancient Jews are said to have killed themselves to avoid capture by Roman invaders.

Dubbed the "Methuselah Tree" after the oldest person in the Bible, the new plant has been growing steadily, and after 26 months, the tree was nearly four feet (1.2 meters) tall.

SirFozzie

06-13-2008 11:45 PM

Now, how many people are going to click on this, rip-roarin and ready to smash the spam? :)

Edward64

06-14-2008 07:52 AM

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Its so fascinating to me that after 2 millenia we can get it to sprout again.

Its things like this that make me wish I had gone into the natural sciences instead of transistors, 1s & 0s.

sterlingice

06-14-2008 09:22 AM

The transitors and 1s and 0s have their own amazing properties and crazy things they can do.

That said, just a little bit more work and we can have Jurassic Park ;)

SI

Lorena

06-14-2008 09:49 AM

Man that's pretty awesome. I wouldn't doubt if there were seeds similar to this somewhere else.

Sun Tzu

06-14-2008 10:27 AM

I'm still working on perfecting being both cocky and funny.

M GO BLUE!!!

06-14-2008 10:47 AM

So there is hope that Eddie Murphy can be funny again?

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