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What happens if all the parasites on Earth disappear?
Not only are rich, popular, diverse and important, 50% of organisms on Earth are parasites.
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The smallest form of life on Earth
US scientists published research on microbes that could be considered the smallest form of life on Earth.
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Ancient bacteria cause global danger to re-export and develop
Cyanobacteria, after taking up to 2.5 billion years to adapt to the Earth's biosphere, could pose a global threat in the future.
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Methan bacteria can survive under the environmental conditions of Mars
A new study finds methane - one of the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth - can live on Mars.
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Huge graveyard in Australia
This is a termite collection in gray that looks from a distance like a giant graveyard.
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Launched the first world map of Earth forest area
US scientists have successfully created a high resolution map that tracks changes in the forest area on Earth in the 21st century.
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The oldest plants on earth exist today
This tree is a relative of coriander, which looks almost mossy but is essentially a shrub growing in the Atacama desert.
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Again discovered aphids in Antarctic ice sheets
This aphid species was first discovered in 1960, which is evidence of the impact of climate change, when the temperature is warmer.
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Red ants predict earthquakes
The scientist from Duisburg-Essen University (Germany) and his colleagues monitored continuous ant colonies in Germany with a video camera, using special software to lis…
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Detecting microbial populations in places without oxygen and light
Scientists have recently discovered that ancient bacteria live beneath the icy surface of the Antarctic lake
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Bacteria help put drugs into diseased cells
The Italian Institute of Earth and Volcanic Physics (INGV) earlier this week said it has identified a new bacterium that can be used to transport drugs to diseased cells.
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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…
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Find the common ancestor of every species on Earth
Dr. William Duax and colleagues at the University of Buffalo in New York (USA) have created a new evolutionary tree by comparing proteins from genes of organisms stored…
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Wheat is aging prematurely because of climate change
Global warming can make wheat premature aging and reduce harvests worldwide, a study is published in Nature Climate Change.
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Earthworms help slow climate change
Earthworms can help keep water in the soil during the dry season, prevent flooding and reduce the impact of global warming.