Balsa trees grow fast, averaging 10+ feet per year, so this is a more sustainable alternative to graphene and carbon nanotubes. We’re excited to see what comes of this hack of nature.

It's 3:45 in the afternoon, and I'm perched on a hundred-foot makeshift tower overlooking a scruffily majestic Ochroma pyramidale tree of about the same height. More commonly known as the balsa ...

At the top of my list? The Balsam Hill flip tree. I’ve been eyeing this impressive holiday beacon ever since I saw an ad for it during a Hallmark Christmas movie marathon. And I know I’m not ...