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Insects disguise as predators to escape
A butterflies in Costa Rica use a unique method to escape when encountering jumping spiders, which is to imitate the shape and action of the predator. In turn, jumping s…
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Queen bees promiscuous for descendants
Looking for many males to mate, honey lords take much effort and time. In addition, it puts her at risk of prey to others and some diseases. But all those dangers don't…
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Canada creates good drought tolerant plants
A student of the University of Toronto (Canada) accidentally forgot to water the plants in the laboratory for a long time and recorded only one plant survived, while oth…
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Piglets glow in China
China Agricultural University announced that it has just released three genetically modified piglets that are capable of emitting green light. This is a success of this…
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Dangerous and bizarre parasites
An Australian scientist announced that he had found a parasite that increased women's charm, but made men less wise. About 40% of human species are infected with this pa…
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In the air there are more than 1,800 types of bacteria
According to a study by American scientists, the air we often breathe up to 1,800 types of bacteria every day, including many harmful bacteria combined with harmful bact…
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France successfully researches plant protection plastics
A French scientist claimed to find a way to deal with butterflies
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Hybrids between humans and controversial animals in the UK
British scientists are worried that plans to hybridize human and animal cells to seek treatment for diseases caused by degeneration will have to be postponed temporarily…
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Florists have new hope!
A 20 liter culture tank can produce 10,000 lily seedlings after 1-2 months only; It takes only six months for the production of Phalaenopsis orchids instead of the whole…
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New discovery of the tallest trees in the world
Equipped with a laser locator, Michael Taylor - an enthusiastic explorer led the journey to find and draw conclusions about the planet's tallest tree in ancient pine woo…
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Year-round plants adapt to evolutionary weather changes
Confronted Charles Darwin's view that evolution took place slowly, scientists at the University of California in Irvine (UCI) discovered that short-lived crops can evolv…
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How does soil nutrients affect tropical forests?
Tropical forests are one of the most diverse plant populations on earth, and scientists have been studying for decades to identify the evolutionary and ecological proces…
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Kien Giang: Discovering new plant species
Tropical Biology Institute (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) in collaboration with HOLCIM Cement Company has just discovered a new plant species with scientifi…
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Fleas do ... circus
Perhaps there is only one circus on the planet, but the actors are real great athletes but even if they burn torches in the daytime, they cannot find them, they are flea…
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Restore precious genes from wild wheat
US and Israeli scientists have cloned a wild wheat gene called GPC-B1, which is thought to work to increase protein, iron and zinc in grains.