A new scientific study demonstrates that seemingly-immortal aspen tree clones also die at a certain point, even though it takes up to tens of thousands of years for that to happen. These organisms essentially clone themselves, which allows them to live for millennia. But researchers recently identified a crack in thi... |
18 August 2010
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that small-sized migrating birds may actually be better off if they are a bit on the chubby side. Researchers say that a little extra fat may be very beneficial for the winged creatures, seeing how long-distance migrations tend to take a huge toll on their ... |
18 February 2010
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According to a new scientific study from researchers in China, it may be that raindrops play a much larger role in nature than first believed. The experts theorize that the small droplets may have been one of the largest driving forces behind the evolution of flowers, and their shapes. They believe that some species ... |
6 August 2009
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Most of us are familiar with the basic principles of an allergic reaction - and at a simple level, it's not a very difficult process to understand. Allergies are basically abnormal responses of our body's immune system to an allergen - a substance that occurs naturally in our environment and which is harmle... |
16 May 2008
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The spring, when nature blooms, pollen is everywhere in the air. It is the curse for the allergic people, experiencing the "hay fever". But what's the pollen? The product of the male part of the flowers (stamins), in other words, plant sperm. For a plant to reproduce, the pollen must reach the pistil on the fema... |
27 November 2007
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You may not like flowers, but if you like vanilla, you actually like ... orchids. Vanilla is the only comestible orchid and the vanilla stick is nothing else than the fermented and blackened pod of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia that is to be found in Mexico. (in fact "vanilla" means "little pod" in Spanish). Did you ... |
17 November 2007
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In the field of sex, nature got very imaginative with the plants. Sexual organs of the plants, or flowers, are extremely diversely organized: they can be male or female, or have a hermaphrodite structure. Depending on species, an individual can carry hermaphrodite flowers, or only males, or only females, or a combina... |
1 May 2007
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We know that flowers are pollinated by bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, sunbirds, white-eye birds, pollen-eating bats. And pollinators use to fly. But a pollinating lizard? Yes, they do exist, and on the island of Mauritius (in the Indian Ocean), the blue-tailed day gecko is the key factor in the survival of the nat... |
24 April 2007
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They may not have watched TV and drunk beer in America 7,300 years ago, but they indulged on popcorn, as a new research at Florida State University revealed. That's the approximate age when ancient Mexicans started to cultivate the base of their cuisine, 1,200 years earlier than previously believed.The team lead... |
11 April 2007
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