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The ancestors of flowers are bisexual plants
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The ancestors of flowers are bisexual plants

According to TheVerge, we can now know how ancestors of flowers today are thanks to scientists who have used computer models to recreate plants that lived 140 million ye…

December 17, 2018
Poor nutrient food due to global warming
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Poor nutrient food due to global warming

By 2050 there will be 150 million people worldwide are at risk of falling into protein deficiency directly related to the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere.

December 17, 2018
Ghost virus causes moths to explode
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Ghost virus causes moths to explode

Wildlife experts in the United Kingdom discovered the phenomenon of oak eggar worms that exploded on the tree due to the virus infection baculovirus, Telegraph on August…

December 17, 2018