How to Build an Old-Fashioned Root Cellar for This Year's Harvest

A root cellar is a homesteader’s secret weapon during their mission to full self-sufficiency. It provides peace of mind in ...
C&EN

Liquid from root-like structures may make mushrooms grow

We don’t generally think of mushrooms as juicy, but their growth may be fueled by a mysterious liquid secreted from their root-like structures, a new study suggests (J. Agric. Food Chem. 2023, DOI: 10 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In One of the Wettest Places on the Planet, Indigenous People Build Bridges and Ladders Out of Living Tree Roots

A young living root bridge, barely a decade old, is seen from the deck of a much older root bridge on the same riverbed. Five months after I shot this photograph, monsoon rains triggered a landslide ...
EurekAlert!

Freshwater fish, too, attracted to artificial root structures

Keith van de Riet in his office on the KU campus, holding a model of an artificial Reef Wall segment. LAWRENCE – As an avid fly fisherman, Keith Van de Riet spends a lot of time trying to think like a ...