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Known plants destroy themselves
Biology

Known plants destroy themselves

Austrian scientists claim that plants also have the ability to self-destruct a part of the body, in response to an attack.

December 17, 2018
Spray blood to avoid being eaten
Biology

Spray blood to avoid being eaten

In order to become a difficult item for predators, armor crickets have a great ability to spray blood out and vomit food out of their mouths whenever they are caught to…

December 17, 2018
People can recreate the limbs themselves
Biology

People can recreate the limbs themselves

In fantasy films, superheroes hands and feet regrow after they are cut off. Scientists claim that someday ordinary people will have similar capabilities.

December 17, 2018
Spiders create effigies to trick enemies
Biology

Spiders create effigies to trick enemies

The two scientists discovered that a spider species has the ability to create decorative objects with the same shape and color as their bodies, in order to distract the…

December 17, 2018
The secret of ant's healing ability
Biology

The secret of ant's healing ability

According to US scientists, the chemical in an ant species in China can help create anti-inflammatory drugs, relieve pain and cure many other diseases.

December 17, 2018
Use bacteria to produce biofuels
Biology

Use bacteria to produce biofuels

The ability to turn CO2 into methane with electric current from some species of bacteria can help humans create huge renewable sources of renewable energy.

December 17, 2018
Hope for the treatment of kidney cancer
Biology

Hope for the treatment of kidney cancer

Kidney cancer usually has no symptoms until it has spread to other organs. This type of cancer is most difficult to treat. New chemical treatments promise to prolong sur…

December 17, 2018
Bacteria can fight dengue fever
Biology

Bacteria can fight dengue fever

Humans can rule out dengue through a bacterium that has the ability to halve the life cycle of infected mosquitoes.

December 17, 2018
Bees know how to count
Biology

Bees know how to count

With brain size just like sesame seeds, honey bees have shocked the scientists of Australia and Sweden as they show their mathematical recognition at their basic level.

December 17, 2018
Humans will split into two branches?
Biology

Humans will split into two branches?

A shocking prediction has just been made: in the distant future, humans can branch into two strains of 'high-end' and 'low-end' species.

December 17, 2018
Spiders eat together and stay together
Biology

Spiders eat together and stay together

UBC zoologists have recently discovered that the ability to work together to catch large prey has allowed spiders to live in the flock to expand the law of nature to rea…

December 17, 2018