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The most grotesque tree in the world
This extremely odd-looking tree seems to only be born in sci-fi movies. But the truth is that it is currently rooted in a land in Namibia.
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Extract essential oil
A group of scientists from the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Chemical Technology has researched and perfected the technological process of extracting frankincense essent…
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The fuel is harmful like gasoline
E85 fuel can help reduce two carcinogenic wastes, benzene and butadiene, but increase the concentration of two other wastes, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The new findi…
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Two weeks in the water
Lloyd Godson, an Australian biologist, lived 13 days at the bottom of a lake in a yellow steel box for stamina testing.
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France: Growing many precious orchids in greenhouses
The greenhouses of Marcel Lecoufle's family are not only famous in France, the world is known. The orchid garden of Marcel Lecoufle is located on the outskirts of Paris.
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Palm oil - future fuel or ecological disaster?
Considered to be one of the best biofuels to help limit the effects of global warming, palm oil is the cause of deforestation. Forests every day
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Biofuels boom and world food shortages
In the face of high oil prices while reserves are limited, biofuels emerge as an ideal alternative energy source, while meeting environmental protection goals. Meanwhile…
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Stem cells can treat neurological disorders
Based on scientists' reports, human stem cells are taken from pregnancy as well as from the fetus; Both can delay the neuropathy in rats, stimulating these cells to move…
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Canada will have a solar farm
Three years from now, Canada will have its largest solar farm, with more than 1 million solar panels on the ground generating 40 megawatts of electricity.
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Sex makes the tick 100 times bigger
Why that tiny tick can grow so big after sex is still a mystery. Did they reward themselves with a sumptuous meal after completing the same mission?
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The 1 million seed is put into the bank
Reuters reported that the number of units preserved in the Millennium Seed Bank of the UK has reached one million. The one million object put into the bank is Oxytena ba…
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Insects: The respiratory system is optimized
Insects can hold their breath for many days and still be okay ... Nature has provided them with a strange respiratory system, capable of closing the oxygen source to sto…
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Evolution is the process of merging opposite trends
It seems that evolution into multicellular organisms is due to the interaction between different selective trends when changing the level of organism?