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Insects make spicy chili
If you are a fan of habañero salsa or excellent Thai food, you owe a lot to bugs, whether they are flightless or species that can only be observed through a microscope.…
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Biology
Successfully restored the peach variety of Mau Son
Dao households in Mau Son mountain area, Lang Son province, are gradually recovering the famous precious peach variety of the region.
Biology
Gene loss makes gay male flies homosexual
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have recently discovered that male fruit flies lack genes that regulate the body's ability to perceive a particular odor.
Biology
Miraculous fruits turn sour into sweet
Lemon loses sour taste, sweet vinegar is like wine, bitter beer becomes like milk chocolate. That's the use of a red berry from West Africa.
Biology
The difference between fruit flies and humans
According to scientists who have discovered a new way to estimate the total number of interactions between proteins in any mechanism, fruit flies are different from huma…
Biology
Space vegetables
You can lose your soul when you come across a 9.5 kg tomato, squash weighs 95 kg, eggplant weighs 6.3 kg, a cucumber is 0.6 m long or 23 cm long ...
Biology
Successfully propagated the king's bananas
La Ba is the specialty banana of Lam Dong, the leading banana brand in Vietnam, once offered to the Nguyen Dynasty king, provided to senior French officials.
Biology
The brains of males and females are not much different
Although males and females sometimes act as if they came from two different planets, new research done on fruit flies shows that both males and females possess the right…
Biology
Discover the gene that forms the fruit shape
The gene, SUN, is only the second gene discovered to play an important role in forming the long form of many different tomato varieties, according to Esther van der Knaa…
Biology
From auxin growth stimulant to herbicide
In nature, auxin is the hormone that helps plants grow. However, when synthesized into other substances, including herbicides, auxin can be harmful to humans.
Biology
Effect of cell wall protein in fruit
Scientists at the University of California, Davis studying tomatoes discovered two plant enzymes in the cell walls of the plants that combine to make ripe tomatoes more…
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…
Biology
Why are ripe apples so bland?
The apple is both crispy and sweet, and the fruit is soft and spongy, pale and tasteless, even though they are born on the same mother tree. Are those light apples witho…
Biology
Funny science mysteries (part 3)
Why do boys and girls struggle differently? Science still hasn't fully explained why boys often punch each other while girls snatch hair from each other on school ground…
Biology
Fruit can create 'strong fuel'
Sugar found in fruits such as apples and oranges can be turned into a low-carbon car fuel, according to US researchers. Made from fructose, this fuel contains more energ…