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Garden in glass jar
Biology

Garden in glass jar

Trees in a large glass jar are still growing normally even though their owners have sealed their vials for more than 40 years.

December 17, 2018
Discover the oldest insect in the world
Biology

Discover the oldest insect in the world

The chronology of three insect corpses is about 230 million years old, meaning that they were born in the Three Gorges and at the same time as dinosaurs. They consist of…

December 17, 2018
Drug resistance of the virus
Biology

Drug resistance of the virus

According to Genes and Development, an international research group consisting of scientists from Edinburgh University (Scotland) has established a map of the complex mo…

December 17, 2018
Super big pumpkin weighs more than 821 kg
Biology

Super big pumpkin weighs more than 821 kg

Pumpkin by Chris Stevens weighing over 821,2428kg is being performed by NewYork botanical garden staff. Scientists think they can explain why this pumpkin can grow to a…

December 17, 2018
Glow worm
Biology

Glow worm

Dr. David Merritt of the University of Queensland (Australia) discovered daily biorhythms as a factor in the act of turning on and off 'lights' in glowing worms.

December 17, 2018
Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies
Biology

Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies

Researcher David Featherstone, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, led the team who discovered that sexual orientation in fruit flies is controlled by an unknown n…

December 17, 2018
New DNA map helps fight harmful genes
Biology

New DNA map helps fight harmful genes

Scientists have created many maps of DNA differences that make one different from the other. This achievement will help researchers understand the 'bad' genes, which pro…

December 16, 2018