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Why fruits ripen and flowers die
Famous for its effects on ripening fruits and flowers, ethylene plant hormones shorten the shelf life of fruits and plants by putting them in a state of
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Biology
Warning mechanism and cell self-destruction when poisoning or disease
Cells are encoded with a number of programs to self-destruct. Many cells die peacefully while others do it hard. According to notes by a group of Washington University s…
Biology
Is there a state between life and death?
There may be a state at the boundary of life and death! The author of a study has suggested that certain groups of organisms, tissues and cells can survive in a state si…
Biology
Detection of genes helps rice plants withstand flooding
Scientists say the gene has been identified to help rice survive in flooding for up to 2 weeks. Most rice varieties die within a week of being submerged under water, but…
Animal world
Terrible hot sun causes bats to fall like a fig in Australia
According to Express, Australian activists are rushing to set up a temporary hospital to help hundreds of bats of the world's largest bat, falling from the sky but fortu…
Animal world
Hundreds of deadly Golfinas sea turtles are found in the Mexican coast
Golfinas is the largest of the sea turtles in Mexico with a breeding cycle from June this year to April next year.
Animal world
Rare sea turtles die in mass in Mexico
More than 100 marine turtles, mainly of a rare and endangered turtle species, are found on the beach in Puerto Arista, a small Pacific town in the state of Chiapas, Mexi…
Animal world
Lazy animals are less likely to become extinct
Scientists studied nearly 300 mollusks living and dying in the Atlantic over the past 5 million years to find high levels of metabolism that determine which species will…
Animal world
Heat waves cause fish to die in mass in Switzerland
The rise in river water temperature due to the heat caused many cold-water freshwater fish to die on the Rhine in Switzerland.
Animal world
Why do giant rays disappear mysteriously?
In October 2016, more than 70 giant freshwater stingrays, some of the size of a tourist car, were found dead on Mae Klong River (Thailand).
Animal world
West Lake management board: 'Many dead fish may be due to weather changes'
The phenomenon of dead fish in West Lake (Tay Ho district, Hanoi) has been scattered for about a month and appeared in large numbers from the afternoon of July 8, concen…
Animal world
Buffalo buffalo hunters die to revenge for their fellow humans
54-year-old professional hunter Claude Kleynhans had an accident while leading an expedition along the Levubu river in the northern province of Limpopo, the Independent…
Animal world
Animals 'love to die' are included in the Red Book
As revealed by scientists, every mating season, male antechinus will
Animal world
Pig birds call for death: Reasoning on a scientific basis
Pig birds or pig owls are very intelligent, lovely birds. However, in ancient times in Vietnam, they were considered demons because the pig birds were calling at the beg…
Animal world
How to kill the scary midnight of Indian poisonous snakes
India has 275 snakes, more than any other country in the world. More than 1 million people die from snakes every year in India.