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Plants have the ability to lead water to their roots
The rhubarb trees in the desert of Israel lead themselves to the water when it rains thanks to some special leaves.
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Genes decide 'women's life expectancy'
Scientists have found genes that determine when to start and end a woman's reproductive function.
Biology
Eastern flower fragrance prevents prostate cancer
The aroma of the herb flower has the effect of limiting prostate cancer cells significantly and even being completely prevented.
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Find the culprit causing hirsutism
A woman named Julia Pastrana was famous around the world in the mid-18th century thanks to the beard and hair covering her body.
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Spider silk - Biomaterial of the future
People talk a lot about the miraculous properties of silk, especially spider silk because the structure of silk is stronger than steel and they can be stretched 40% more…
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Insecticide from ... stink bugs
Finding out the process of breeding brown stink bugs with white border, four students of '8X' of Vinh University gave effective solutions to kill pests.
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Desert ants smell the way back to the nest
When lost in the desert, people often hang around in a deadlock circle. This prompted scientists to ask how the desert living organisms could find their way without a ma…
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Live instincts and self-defense depend heavily on the environment
In nature, prey and predators always develop in two opposite directions: one side is the defender and the other always promotes offensive weapons.
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Red weapon of roses
Naturalists claim roses, symbolic flowers of love, not only use red to attract the attention of butterflies but also a powerful weapon to drive away enemies.
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Earth used to have a 10-meter-long worm
Scientists have found evidence of the existence of a giant worm up to 10 meters long from prehistoric times in the coastal city of Torbay, southwestern England.
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Create new breeds of chickens that carry dinosaur genes
A new finding allows the genetic reversal to be done to restore the dinosaur gene that has slept in modern poultry bodies like chickens.
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Controversy about life at Chernobyl
After 20 years of nuclear disaster, the level of radiation at Chernobyl caused insects to stay away from the area.
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New perspective on phytoplankton
Phytoplankton form 'underwater' forests, and are responsible for providing nearly half of the oxygen needed for life on Earth, including ourselves.
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The lemur genome fossils reveal the origin and evolution of HIV as well as other lentiviruses in primates
According to a study conducted by Dr. Cédric Feschotte of the University of Texas - Arlington, a type of retrovirus that is associated with HIV can be incorporated into…