Trees Are So Weird

Trees are Earth’s ultimate overachievers—snatching carbon from thin air to build massive bodies, pumping water sky-high with pressures that’d crush us, and crafting indestructible wood from a razor-thin band of living cells hiding under their bark.

They survive (and sometimes thrive) for centuries or even millennia thanks to a living cable-style plumbing system wrapped in layers of dead cells, endlessly coordinating growth, nutrient flow, and repairs. In short: these ancient giants are marvels of engineering that might just hold secrets to near-immortality.

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