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Cold virus 'carnivorous' bladder cancer cells
Virus enters the cancer cell and activates immune proteins, alerting other immune cells to come and destroy cancer.
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Lotus sleeps for hundreds of years in the Qing king garden suddenly blooms
The hundreds of years of lotus lotus in Vien Minh Vien have been carefully cared for.
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Decode bizarre stories that happen every time there is Eclipse and Moonlight
The sun or moon suddenly disappears, and animals start to act
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Agricultural biotechnology is changing lives
Few people know that agricultural biotechnology has produced countless new products that can change our lives.
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The new 57 year old tree blooms and dies
The calyx rose and reached 3 meters in just a month, making the botanical garden in England plan to unload the roof of the greenhouse to keep it growing.
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Huge data warehouse contributes to explain the strange shapes of insect eggs
Some insects produce sausage-shaped eggs, ellipses or even flat shapes.
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Strange creatures like aliens crawling on the ceiling, terrifying people
Strange alien-like creatures make the people terrified when they see it crawling on the ceiling.
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How does plants 'breathe'?
Scientists have discovered how plants create a network of leaf-lung channels - to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) to their cells.
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New spiders are identical to fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld
A newly discovered species of spider in Queensland state has been named after fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld because of this famous legend.
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Controversy around the 'biological unlocking' technology
Biohacking, also known as DIY biology, is a broad term used to describe an increasingly popular lifestyle.
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Science has just found an extremely horrible ability of German cockroaches
Why are they hard to destroy you guys?
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The only 'prehistoric messenger' in the world in Bidoup forest
The ancient plant species, which names two flat leaves that are said to be 'prehistoric messengers', lived at the same time as the dinosaurs, is still present in Bidoup…
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Scientists spread bacteria onto Nazi bombs submerged under the sea
The bottom of the Baltic Sea is hiding a source of rusting ammunition, enough to destroy the population of some major cities.
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The fungus forces cicadas to mate when they lose their genitals
A parasitic fungus not only explodes cicadic belly to spread spores but also controls them to mate to death to increase infection.