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Walking flies rarely reappear in Africa
Biology

Walking flies rarely reappear in Africa

Walking flies have suddenly disappeared in the last 62 years but now appear again in caves in Kenya and Africa. This fly has no wings ...

December 17, 2018
NASA's 'strange creature' is just 'crap'?
Biology

NASA's 'strange creature' is just 'crap'?

The most prestigious scientists in the world said that the strange bacterial culture experiment of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has made serious mistakes.

December 17, 2018
When a bee loses sleep
Biology

When a bee loses sleep

Nobody works well when tired, and insects are no exception. Like humans, bees when sleepiness becomes a bad dancer and a poor communicator, according to New Scientist ma…

December 17, 2018
Plants swarm intelligence?
Biology

Plants swarm intelligence?

Research shows that roots of vegetables have collective intelligence, like honey bees and humans, that share information and solve problems together.

December 17, 2018
The brain of bees beat the computer
Biology

The brain of bees beat the computer

According to researchers at London's Royal Holloway University, bees have the ability to calculate to find the shortest distance ...

December 17, 2018