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Super big pumpkin weighs more than 821 kg
Biology

Super big pumpkin weighs more than 821 kg

Pumpkin by Chris Stevens weighing over 821,2428kg is being performed by NewYork botanical garden staff. Scientists think they can explain why this pumpkin can grow to a…

December 17, 2018
Detection of mosquitoes avoiding insecticides
Biology

Detection of mosquitoes avoiding insecticides

Ecologist Chemist Walter Leal, professor, former president of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and researcher Zain Syed, Ph.D., jointly discovered the secrets of i…

December 17, 2018
Biofuels increase greenhouse gas emissions
Biology

Biofuels increase greenhouse gas emissions

Biomass does not help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it also increases the amount of dangerous emissions, according to a recent analysis ...

December 17, 2018
Wifi waves kill leaves
Biology

Wifi waves kill leaves

A study in the Netherlands has just said: radiation emitted from wi-fi transmitters causes plants to melt and die leaves.

December 17, 2018
Detecting female sexual hormones in plants
Biology

Detecting female sexual hormones in plants

Until now, scientists still think that only animals produce female sex hormones, progesteron, a chemical group of steroids produced by the ovaries to prepare the uterus…

December 17, 2018