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Admire the huge 75-year-old corpse
After 75 years of waiting, caregivers of giant Titan Arum flowers have the opportunity to admire the first flower.
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Create mice that smell light
Among the characteristics of living things and humans, feeling the world around you with the sense of smell is still the most mysterious thing.
Biology
Bacteria can also 'sniff'
Scientists have declared: bacteria have a nose and are able to smell. This is considered a surprising discovery about evolution.
Biology
Ants determine direction by smell
Thanks to the ability to sense many smells at once, a desert ant in Tusinia uses odor information to create an image of the surrounding environment.
Biology
Mosquitoes use genes to
Researchers at Yale University (USA) discovered some methods that mosquitoes use to search
Biology
Can erase memories
Scientists have discovered a mechanism to delete old memories to make way for new memories of the brain.
Biology
Japan will have insects carrying artificial brains
The police released a pack of butterflies to search for drugs in the boxes, the bees swarmed through the gap in the rubble to search for earthquake victims ...
Biology
'Death scent' helps ants realize dead bodies
When an ant dies, other members will quickly bury it to prevent the risk of spreading the disease.
Biology
Desert ants smell the way back to the nest
When lost in the desert, people often hang around in a deadlock circle. This prompted scientists to ask how the desert living organisms could find their way without a ma…
Biology
No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles
If a male bug of the Japanese beetle family cannot detect pheromone sex hormone produced by the female, it will not be able to determine the location of the female as we…
Biology
Phishing screen smells of ancient cycads
One of the oldest plants in the world - sesame - uses a strong smell, a bit of heat and a bit of cheating to seduce insects to pollinate them.
Biology
New discovery of the sense of smell of Anopheles mosquitoes
Scientists have discovered an important characteristic of the sense of smell of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, opening up the opportunity to make repellents or attract mo…
Biology
Be careful when ladybirds come close to alcohol
Ladybugs may look very beautiful but they also have 'dark' faces. In some places, these round-spotted insects are
Biology
Durian smell like banana
Thailand's leading durian Songpol Somsri has developed durian varieties - the world's most smelly fruit - with a mild scent like ripe bananas.