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The Big Mac combination may be an insidious caloric bomb loaded with starches and oils, but a new research of the plants that people around the world eat has found it, if you can believe this, as a symbol of a varied diet brought by globalization! picked by maxriter 7 months ago tags hamburger big mac food globalization plants |
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Wednesday announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area of central Vietnam. Scientists have found a snake, five orchids, two butterflies and three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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U.S. scientists have found tropical plants might be more adaptable than thought to changing rainfall patterns accompanying global warming. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground herbivorous insects can communicate with each other by using plants as telephones. Subterranean insects issue chemical warning signals via the leaves of the plant. This way, aboveground insects are alerted that the plant is already ”˜occupied’. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Ever hear of a carnivorous plant? What about a plant that smells like rotting meat when it blooms? It may sound like something out of a horror movie or science fiction novel but these plants really exist. Here is a list of the World's Strangest Plants: picked by eranjack 2 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Two plants that were thought to have been extinct since the late 1800s have been rediscovered in far northern Australia, according to an official report released on Saturday. 1 comments edit related share science(Picture not related) picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago |
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Plants make actual voice calls to owners to inform them of its needs. Owners can in turn call their plants to find out more about them. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Plants chatter amongst themselves to spread information, a lot like humans and other animals, new research suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Construction workers unearthed a 1000kg Soviet bomb from World War II in a suburban park yesterday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 4000 people before defusing it. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Britain's "Noah's Ark" for plants just reached its 1 billionth seed. By 2010, they'll have 10% of the world's plants categorized. They hope to have 25% by 2020... that's a LOT of plants! picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
