Biology
Flowers rarely smell rotten fish in Australia
The two-meter-high flower tree emits a rotting smell of meat in an Australian botanical garden, attracting many people to come and smell it.
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Environment
Indonesia: A series of aftershocks after an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale
Indonesia and Australia issued a tsunami warning but withdrew after two hours. Predicting casualties, the damage is not great because the location of the earthquake occu…
Environment
Indonesia bombarded the forest with water bombs
Air quality in Singapore increased markedly after Indonesian officials mobilized aircraft to flush water on forest fires on Sumatra island.
Environment
11 people died from landslides in Indonesia
Officials say at least 11 people were killed by two landslides on Sumatra island in western Indonesia today.
Environment
The earthquake in Sumatra island signaled the Indian Ocean's bottom fault
According to scientists, strong earthquakes that occurred off the Indonesian island of Sumatra last April could be a sign of the creation of a new stratigraphic belt at…
Environment
Earthquake shook Indonesia
A strong earthquake just rocked off Indonesia, causing panic-stricken residents to flee the house. AFP reports from the US Geological Survey that the magnitude 6.6 earth…
Environment
The Indonesian people panicked because of the strong earthquake
An earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing people working in the legislature of Aceh province to flee.