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'Assassin tree' glows to lure bait
A team of experts from the Jawaharlal Nehru Research Institute and Botanical Garden in Kerala, India discovered green fluorescent light from the fly-catch tree (Dionaea…
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Biology
Discover algae fraud
They hunt, eat, cheat: unicellular algae shed light on the social life of microorganisms.
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Astronomers know how to fly
Perhaps many of us never know the location of the Milky Way in the sky, but the beetles often look up
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Spiders 'embarrassed' are rare in rotten coffins
Few doubts, rotten catacombs, lords in Highgate Cemetery, north of London are inhabited by rare spiders. Because the tomb is seldom opened, this is the ideal shelter and…
Biology
Why sawn wax leaves with holes?
Great calculations have helped scientists solve a difficult problem, haunting them for over 100 years.
Biology
Detecting algae can 'eat' cellulose
The flowers need water and light to grow. Even children know that plants use sunlight to gather energy from soil and water.
Biology
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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Plants know how to swim to avoid enemies
Susanne Menden-Deuer, a marine expert at the University of Rhode Island in the US, and her colleagues observed Heterosigma akashiwo, a microalgae, in the lab. Livescienc…
Biology
Spider silk is used for electronic computer chips
Spiders and some creatures can use silk to form very strong cocoons or cocoons. But now scientists also detect spider silk that can be used in computer electronics chips.
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Cockroaches glow to fool enemies
This new insect named scientifically Lucihormetica luckae lives in tropical South America. One of its representatives has been found since 1939 in Ecuador but has not be…
Biology
The unique gift of fireflies
In addition to glowing to seduce mates, male fireflies also offer a unique
Biology
Mysterious jump of Adanson spider
Adanson jumping spiders have a unique distance judgment that helps them pounce on the prey without spider web. There are many different visual systems used by organisms…
Biology
Giving a curfew to butterflies
The phenomenon of an itchy butterfly in cities at night forced French foreigner Guyana to impose a curfew.
Biology
Korea successfully created glowing dogs
Korean scientists recently claimed to have created a glowing dog thanks to a cloning technique, which could help find treatments for human diseases such as Alzheimer's a…