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How Ants Evolved Agricultural Systems

One of the most interesting shows offered by nature in tropical South America is represented by the leaf-cutter ants (Atta). A sole colony can leave a tree leafless in just one night. But these ants are real farmers, which do not eat the leaves, but use them for making compost for cultivating fungi in their undergrou...

25 March 2008
05:57 GMT

How Dangerous Could the New Krakatoa's Eruption Be?

Krakatoa volcano, located on an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, produced on August 26-27, 1883 the most massive volcanic explosions ever recorded, which generated the loudest sound historically reported: it was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in Australia (1930 mi (3100 km)) an...

13 November 2007
04:53 GMT

Supercow

New week... New game and this time it's again... No... We do not have a puzzle this week... I was really not in the mood for one anyway...I was about to choose one, because I didn't find any other good game around, but then... I was saved... by the Supercow. Ha! No, this game has nothing to do with the Cart...

12 October 2007
04:27 GMT

... Cultivate Butterflies

It's like any normal culture in which for an abundant and healthy crop you have to be careful against furtive predators like insects, spiders and birds. This way, the product with the most beautifully colored wings on Earth will be achieved at thousands of km away from its origins. Butterfly growing is a commerc...

7 March 2007
10:23 GMT




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