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'Change gifts for sex' in insects
The male Nursery-Web spider (belonging to the family Pisaura mirabilis) prepares silk-wrapped gifts carefully to give the spider what they like. Most of the gifts contai…
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Use bees to chase elephants
When studying African elephants, zoologists have found a way to prevent these giant animals from attacking forested villages and destroying crops. It is the honeycomb fe…
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E.coli bacteria are also helpful
Some strains of E.coli bacteria can convert sugar in plants into fatty acid derivatives, which are often used to produce fuel.
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The first orchid blooms at night
Recently a group of Dutch scientists on an expedition to New Britain, an island near Papua New Guinea, discovered that orchids only bloom at night. The discovery has jus…
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Detection of bacteria helps wounds heal
Russian scientists discovered new characteristics of red bacteria, called so by bright red, that secrete wound healing substances.
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New virus variants can delete mankind
Dutch scientists have just created a variant of the avian influenza virus with a strong virulence, which could cause millions to die at the same time.
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Potato shingles reappear in the United States
Deciduous potato season is currently taking place on Alaska farms. This is the fourth time the disease has occurred in the US, since 1995.
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Harmless bacteria in soil kill cancer?
Scientists have studied a strain of harmless bacteria that could soon be used as a useful and alternative method for drugs for cancer treatment.
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The giant lemon weighs 3.5kg in Lam Dong
In Muoi Loi flower garden, Da Lat has a pot of lemon trees with three giant fruits. Each fruit is about 40 cm long, about 20cm in diameter, weighs about 3.5kg.
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Live with plants in closed rooms
The project is called Eden with the participation of 'brave', Professor Iain Stewart, who is working at Plymouth University. Accordingly, he will live in a closed room w…
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The world's largest radish, weighing 38.8 kg
Ian Neale, a gardener in Sweden, broke the record for growing the world's largest radish when he harvested a beet that weighs 38.8kg.
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Accidentally found a giant mushroom nearly half a pound
The mushroom weighing 44kg, diameter 1m and high 50cm, was found by a 70-year-old Mr. Ngo in the forest.
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Green roses are about to be sold in the US
Traditional roses are only in red and white, the upcoming green transgenic roses will be sold for the first time in the US and Canada markets.
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Hybrid butterfly between two different species
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly was once a rare species. About 100,000 years ago, the combination of two different species gave birth to hybrid butterflies while…