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Learn the glowing mechanism of fireflies
Certainly everyone used to have a childhood attached to a bug named fireflies, a light flickering every night that any child is interested and curious.
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Weapons of the world's most rotten flowers
Titan arum has been dubbed the world's most sniffling flower, because it produces chemicals that smell rotting corpses.
Biology
How do caterpillars turn into bodyguards?
Japanese scientists have discovered the secret to helping caterpillars capture ants and turn them into bodyguards for it.
Biology
The tree also knows that it counteracts the enemy
After hearing the sound of the caterpillar chewing the leaf, the plant reacts to that sound by emitting chemicals that repel the predator.
Biology
Butterflies disguising themselves as tigers threaten enemies terribly
They have taken full advantage of the patterns and colors on the wing border that look like the head of a armored snake to avoid the attack of the enemy.
Biology
Mustard can limit the destruction of chemical weapons
Tests show that mustard plants grown in soil are contaminated by VX neurotoxin, absorbing this toxin through the roots and retaining it for at least 45 days.
Biology
Transforming plant genes to produce cheap paper and fuel
For years, scientists have had difficulty finding ways to decompose green plants into ready-to-use biofuels.
Biology
See how to give gifts
The female P. ornata spider evaluates the physical condition of a spider based on a gift wrapped neatly with white silk.
Biology
Find an effective and inexpensive mosquito repellent
A group of scientists working in the United States is developing an effective and much cheaper mosquito repellent than the one currently used.
Biology
The grass helps reduce greenhouse gases
Scientists from Japan and Colombia have developed a new brachiaria grass capable of drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Biology
Use genetically modified insects to replace chemicals
Thousands of genetically modified insects developed by British scientists are about to be deployed to many European fields, as an alternative to chemical pesticides.
Biology
Why do poisonous caterpillars dance?
This is not the first time Mr. Darling licks a worm. But that was the first time the professor licked the taste of a caterpillar, a Calindoea trifascialis.
Biology
Canada develops safe pesticide products
The Government of Canada will set aside an investment to help SemiosBIO Biotechnology Corporation develop and commercialize new pest control products that rely on the ch…
Biology
Discovered planting and taking care of wheat by laser
Russian agricultural researchers have discovered a method to grow and care for laser wheat, replacing the use of toxic and expensive chemical fertilizers that have been…