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Cockroaches glow to fool enemies
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Cockroaches glow to fool enemies

This new insect named scientifically Lucihormetica luckae lives in tropical South America. One of its representatives has been found since 1939 in Ecuador but has not be…

December 17, 2018
Attach chip for ant
Biology

Attach chip for ant

British scientists will attach micro-radio chips to the bodies of wood-eating ants in a relic to track their movements.

December 17, 2018
Experimental GM rice in China
Biology

Experimental GM rice in China

Greenpeace East Asia - Greenpeace East Asia has accused it, an American-backed study tested rice modified Golden Rice on 24 Chinese children. However, China denied this…

December 17, 2018
Virus alarm lethal in the US
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Virus alarm lethal in the US

About 10,000 people who once went to the famous US national park Yosemite are likely to be infected with Hantavius ​​causing pneumonia syndrome. In which 2 deaths and 4…

December 17, 2018
Decoding the Vietnamese gene to improve the race
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Decoding the Vietnamese gene to improve the race

By reading human genes, it is possible to find good genes to improve the species, while also helping to detect, diagnose and treat susceptible diseases of people who rea…

December 17, 2018
Jurassic Park on a plate
Biology

Jurassic Park on a plate

A new bacterium ... 500 million years old has been brought back to the world in an experiment to recall the creation of dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Researchers from the…

December 17, 2018
Uganda successfully breed carrot-colored bananas
Biology

Uganda successfully breed carrot-colored bananas

The Star of South Africa on July 13 reported that Ugandan scientists have taken biotechnology a step further when successfully transplanted bananas rich in vitamin A and…

December 17, 2018
Orchids 70 years newly hatched once
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Orchids 70 years newly hatched once

This flower was discovered in 1940 but almost disappeared in recent years. Scientists use cutting method to propagate 30 orchids and plant them in a secret place in natu…

December 17, 2018
Biofuel tree in Cuba
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Biofuel tree in Cuba

Cuban scientists on July 16 announced a plant that could be used to produce biofuels. So long, Jatropha tree (also known as fence or stalk tree) produces fruit with seed…

December 17, 2018
Grasshoppers are anxious in Africa
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Grasshoppers are anxious in Africa

Grasshoppers, insects have the ability to fly far away in the herd and destroy trees on a large scale, appearing for the first time in years in southwestern Libya and so…

December 17, 2018
Dead because of noise when the rain cloud
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Dead because of noise when the rain cloud

Flies often waved their wings continuously and strongly when mating. To explore the risk of flies doing that, 'Stefan Greif, a scientist from the Max Planck Institute of…

December 17, 2018