The use of plants as medicinal remedies has been going on for centuries. A quarter of the prescription drugs in modern medicine today is produced from raw materials found in the rainforest. Research is being carried out on the effectiveness…
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek is often credited as being the inventor of the microscope, but that is not actually the case. It would also be unfair to remember him for that and that alone, because his contributions to microbiology were far…
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Many researchers have identified Gigantopithecus Blacki as a NAPE, North American Ape. If not G. Blacki himself then most certainly a relative that may have evolved from Blacki or someone who just had G. Blacki as a great-grandparent. G. Blacki…
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Fireflies – also known as lightning bugs – may not seem like the brightest bulbs on the planet, but males and females have glowing abdomens that each finds dazzling and irresistible. Not only do fireflies glow to work their apparently…
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Field Scabious is a wildflower found in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. It is a perennial flower, which has beautiful pale blue or mauve flowers. The flower heads are hemispherical and are made up of around fifty florets…
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The stately salmon gum tree native to western Australia, can grow in access of seventy feet tall with a diameter of thirty inches or more. The bark is reddish pink in color, hence the name Salmon, but fades to grey…
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How did life begin? To many thoughtful people that’s a highly charged question which inspires vexing debate. To others, the answer is perfectly simple. Life began in the primordial soup. In 1953, at the University of Chicago, Stanley L. Miller,…
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Before Thomas Edison unwittingly destroyed the boundaries of nature and disrupted the essential mechanics of evolution, light was a function of nature usually reserved to the depths of space; distant orbs littered across the cosmos sustain life during the day…
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Orchids are quite a diverse and beautifully group of flowering plant. Orchids typically require specific conditions in order to grow and can be found in small or large numbers in their habitats. There are many species of orchid and also…
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The Purple Loosestrife plant is native to Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The stem’s colors range from red to purple. The flowers of this plant are a beautiful reddish purple. This plant is pollinated by insects like bees and butterflies….
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