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In 1746, a French physicist lined up 200 monks in a mile-long circle to see how fast electricity traveled. He sent a jolt through the human chain, and they all jumped at nearly the same instant. The shocking experiment was one of the first to demonstrate the incredible speed of electricity.

New research shows that certain fig trees in Kenya, especially Ficus wakefieldii, can store carbon by converting CO₂ into stone-like calcium carbonate through a natural process called the oxalate–carbonate pathway. This discovery reveals a powerful and long-lasting way for trees to help combat climate change..