Seed Vault

Cherokees become the first US-based tribe to deposit traditional heirloom seeds in the Arctic vault

Photo credit: SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI - Getty ImagesFrom Popular MechanicsScientists have unearthed 28 previously undiscovered viruses, which were trapped in Arctic ice from 15,000 years ago.The team collected the samples from the Guliya ice cap in Tibet, and published their work to the pre-print website, BioRxiv.As Arctic ice and permafrost continues…

The Lowcountry of the Southeastern United States—a stretch of land that spans coastal South Carolina into eastern Florida—has a long agricultural history. Once home to a handful of Native tribes, it was violently colonized in the 17th century by the English after earlier failed French and Spanish attempts. Using enslaved…