trees
Aug 22 2008, Deepa

Cutting trees to erect houses gets you in bad books of ecologists. And shaping trees to rise in to a eco-den seems to be an eco-fantasy! Professors Yoav Waisel and Amram Eshel from Tel Aviv University are hell-bent on making this eco-fantasy come true....

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The so-called ‘Trees of Love’ with padlocks placed by newlyweds to seal their love, are seen across Luzhkov bridge in downtown Moscow, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. A recent Russian tradition involves newlyweds placing a padlock at one of the iron trees on...