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Turns out, plants also know how to scream when stressed
Do not think that plants are quiet and will not make a sound when hit. It's actually our ears, don't hear their voices!
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Climate change helps the 'empire' of cockroaches grow and evolve more and more terrifying
Climate change is a threat to many living things, from humans to animals, plants and insects, but cockroaches are an exception.
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China develops 'sea rice' with high salt tolerance
Chinese scientists have developed salt-tolerant rice that can be grown near the sea to ensure food security in the face of many challenges from climate change.
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Discovered the largest bacteria ever
Scientists have discovered an extremely large bacterium that lurks in the middle of the Grande-Terre mangrove forest in the Caribbean and can be seen with the naked eye…
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Scientists warn spring could come 10 days earlier before 2100
Spring usually falls around March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere, but it could arrive as early as 10 days in 2100.
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Don't play with fire ants, especially in Africa, they can 'turn' your body into Sashimi!
Imagine, your body is attacked by a swarm of African fire ants, what will your body be like?
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Discover a species of desert bacteria with a unique photosynthetic ability
Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can 'eat' sunlight and 'breathe' oxygen.
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Close-up of the heaviest strawberry in the world, 24 times the average
An Israeli farmer has broken a record by harvesting the heaviest strawberries in the world, about 24 times more than the average.
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Discovered the world's first hermaphroditic green bean stick beetle
The stick beetle molts to reveal a hermaphroditic body with two different colored halves, surprising owners and biologists.
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New study: Discovered why mosquitoes like to bite on human skin
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has just revealed an interesting reason why Aedes aegypti, a fairly common mosquito, finds and bites human ski…
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Pine trees grow abnormally after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Researchers discovered many strange features in plants around the Fukushima plant caused by radiation left over from the 2011 incident.
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Discover the world's most 'sensitive' flower
Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of four new species of plants in the Genesis Gentian that can close their petals for a few seconds when touched.
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Surprise like special onions in the UK, no longer have to worry about burning eyes
It took up to 35 years for scientists to breed and develop this special sweet onion variety, which does not cause eye irritation.
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Deciphering the mystery of the tree that bears fruit is a disaster in China and India
What kind of tree is it that is associated with rumors of the ability to cause such a disaster that the ancients feared?
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Israel develops method of harvesting electric current from seaweed
The researchers used the seaweed species Ulva, commonly known as sea lettuce, as a new photosynthetic source for electric current, which generates molecules that transfe…