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The way to use 'precious' spider's escape is extremely toxic
In some spiders, when the males have sex for the first time and sometimes for the last time, they often apply the defensive technique:
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Admire the strange red grapes, black shell
Technological Seeds company, specialized in producing hybrid vegetables (Israel) has developed a tomato variety with red intestine, black shell.
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New purple dragon fruit varieties
Beautiful color, purple pink intestine, little insect infection, good quality and high yield ... are characteristics of new dragon fruit variety 5.
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'Great Wall' of ants
Scientists have unearthed an underground city of ants with a labyrinth of roads that was likened to China 's Great Wall.
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Mysterious jump of Adanson spider
Adanson jumping spiders have a unique distance judgment that helps them pounce on the prey without spider web. There are many different visual systems used by organisms…
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Drug resistance of the virus
According to Genes and Development, an international research group consisting of scientists from Edinburgh University (Scotland) has established a map of the complex mo…
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Detection of multi-disease resistant genes on corn leaves
Scientists from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said they have just discovered a multi-disease resistant gene called GST that is resistant to all three common di…
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Catch the scene of trees
Scientists from the University of Exeter (UK) claim to have filmed the trees 'conversation' with each other. Thus, the long-standing suspicion of some experts has been c…
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Found a mutant spider web because of radioactive contamination
Scientists are investigating a strange white spider web found in a facility containing nuclear waste. They were afraid that the spider web might have been mutated becaus…
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Study on the cries of Jurassic crickets
British scientists say the cry of Jurassic crickets is simple, easy-listening and capable of spreading a long distance in the night. This is the result of the study that…
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Discovering the longest living grass in the planet
Sophie Arnaud-Haond, a scientist from the French Research Institute, and her colleagues sampled from 40 seagrass beds Posidonia oceanica on an area up to 3,500km long. T…
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Probiotics help heal brain damage
Chinese scientists say probiotic bacteria in yogurt and other supplements can help brain-damaged patients improve their condition significantly.
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The most terrible flower in the world
Rafflesia arnoldi, also known as the Great King, is the largest, heaviest, rarest and most fragrant flower
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Apple rain in the UK
A series of apples fell from the sky to a British city in the evening of the week, causing many drivers to brake quickly.
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Discovering rice varieties that are 'resistant' to climate change
Australian scientists have discovered a wild rice variety that carries genes with good drought tolerance and heat tolerance.