The presents are unwrapped, the cookies are crumbs, and that real Christmas tree will become a fire hazard soon enough. Most ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.

Each year, 160 U.S. homes experience Christmas tree fires. They are hot, fast, dangerous — and preventable. In this video, the ACS Reactions team tests different Christmas tree watering conditions, ...

Recycled Christmas trees are particularly important during dry seasons, like this winter, when water levels are low.

In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing. On the surface, nothing could appear more commonplace than Scots pine growing in Scotland. But ...

Every year, about 10 million Christmas trees end up in landfills, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions through anaerobic ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Whitehill Lab Christmas Tree Genetics program at NC State is working to advance North Carolina and the US Christmas tree industry by ...

Nothing smells quite like a Christmas tree—but where does that magical woodsy-yet-cozy aroma come from? You can thank a ubiquitous category of chemicals called terpenes. “Terpenes are the largest ...

The city of Napa has ways to help residents recycle not only their Christmas trees, but the lights that adorned them.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of Westerlund 1, a star cluster resembling a festive Christmas tree. This celestial marvel offers a rare look at the most massive stars in ...

On Christmas Eve, the Roscosmos state Corporation published a photo of the Christmas Tree nebula in the constellation of the ...

The Lobster Trap Tree in Stonington, Connecticut is a unique holiday tree. From the South to the West Coast, to the Midwest and the East Coast, every state across the U.S. shares one thing in common ...