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Ants with record bite speed
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Ants with record bite speed

Central American ants with strong jaws like traps can bite with force 300 times their body weight. Their jaws closed at a speed of more than 100 km / hr - the record in…

December 16, 2018
Why know spring flowers?
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Why know spring flowers?

A 1.5 m tall scavenger plant in Brooklyn blossomed for the first time in the past week, giving off a frightening smell that lasts for 3 days. Fortunately for Dutch tulip…

December 16, 2018
Rhizophora - Coast guard
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Rhizophora - Coast guard

Rhizophora grows in tropical and tropical Asia in muddy areas of the coast, small trees. Worldwide there are 82 mangrove varieties.

December 16, 2018
Producing hydrogen fuel from marine algae
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Producing hydrogen fuel from marine algae

Experts from Bielefeld University (Germany) and University of Queensland (Australia) successfully cultivated green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii single-celled hydrogen…

December 16, 2018
Multiplication of gerbera by asexual method
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Multiplication of gerbera by asexual method

After a long period of research, a farmer in ward 3 of Da Lat city, Lam Dong province has successfully propagated the varieties of gerberas by asexual method.

December 16, 2018
Brown BPH outbreaks, why?
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Brown BPH outbreaks, why?

Tens of thousands of farmers are losing their sleep because of brown backed rice plant hoppers. Why do hoppers flare and how to resist psyllids? Below is the article of…

December 16, 2018
Successfully breeding 3 species of seahorses
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Successfully breeding 3 species of seahorses

Passionate about the species of 'Yang Yang, Kidney Renewal', scientists at Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography (Khanh Hoa) have contributed money, manufactured equipment…

December 16, 2018
Why is there in the tops of the corn?
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Why is there in the tops of the corn?

Corn plants bloom male flowers on the tops and flowering flowers in the middle of the body. Male pollen drops, female flowers pollinate and produce seeds. That is the re…

December 16, 2018
Store fat for famine days
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Store fat for famine days

Excess fat seems to be unacceptable for sports athletes, but with ants, it's a matter of survival and they do everything they can to store energy.

December 16, 2018
He remembers 13km of road
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He remembers 13km of road

Scientists at the University of Newcastle, who took the experiment, captured 100 bees of a bee named Scientific Bombus terrestris. Then they mark them with numbers to id…

December 16, 2018