‹ BackHN Continuity

Thread

Apple detectives solved mystery of ancient tree and rewrote the history of fruit

71 points · 19 comments · nkurz

  1. altmanaltman · · focus · HN ↗
    Why is the headline written in a magical realism style in an article about the analysis of the apple tree? "Solved mystery of ancient tree"? "Rewrote the history of fruit"? Like okay, it's cool but it's not Game of Thrones
    1. dmos62 · · focus · HN ↗
      An excuse to say "apple detectives"? Choice of words drew me in, and I'm happy it did. This is quirky news; it's making a bit of geekery interesting to distracted geeks, like me.
      1. pholypilz · · focus · HN ↗

        [dead]

Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.