Redwood is the fastest-growing softwood tree in North America: An established sapling can jump six or eight feet in a season, and a redwood can put on 130 feet in 30 years. A mature old-growth redwood ...

From the tiniest bacteria to the largest redwood tree, almost all life on planet Earth is ruled by the 24-hour clock. ... The activity-rest cycle is fundamental to life, he said.

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