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Mercury '1 day' by 2 years
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, the Earth's uncle, less than half the Earth's diameter. Of the 9 planets, Mercury ranks second. Although called Mercury but not
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Space science
Venus '1 year' only has 2 days
In the morning, when the weather is just right, sometimes we see in the East of the throne
Space science
Why not see the stars in the daytime?
All stars are bright all day and night. But in the daytime, the blue sky and bright light overshadowed the stars' fragile torches. In the universe and on the Moon, becau…
History
June 18: The world's first stealth plane to test flight
Lockheed F-117 night eagle is the first aircraft in the world to be completely designed in stealth technology.
Biology
How does plants regulate circadian rhythms?
Plants, animals, fungi and some species of bacteria can assess the time of day through their circadian rhythms.
Biology
Light pollution reduces the number of insects
Climate change, pesticides and changes in land use are factors that contribute to the decline of insect populations in Germany. T
Biology
Christmas tree care process
Every Christmas is close by, pine farms in Jefferson, North Carolina (USA) harvest thousands of Christmas trees distributed to the market.
Biology
Explain the ability to glow in the night of fireflies
By new imaging techniques, scientists look deeply at the bioluminescence mechanism of fireflies, which often flash light during the night to communicate or warn of the r…
Biology
Discovering plants to do super maths
New research by scientists at the John Innes Center (UK) shows that plants have performed complex arithmetic operations to ensure they have the nutrients they need to li…
Biology
Mysterious ants 'click' midnight bell
The doorbell rang continuously in the middle of the night, causing an old lady in Germany to panic. When the police came to her house, they found out that the culprit wa…
Biology
How is 'that' in plants?
If you do not take into account the social and complex factors such as the one-night or picky situation, the plants actually do it like an animal.
Biology
Gene controls the activity of flowers
Researchers from Edinburgh University, Scotland (UK) have discovered a plant gene that can control the activity of flowers in the night.
Biology
The first orchid blooms at night
Recently a group of Dutch scientists on an expedition to New Britain, an island near Papua New Guinea, discovered that orchids only bloom at night. The discovery has jus…
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
Gene controls plant growth
Scientists at the University of California at San Diego, said they discovered three genes in plants that control their growth every day, Russia's KM site said.