Over about the past 25 years, scientists have been experimenting with a technique called gene therapy. Gene therapy is a new way that – when applied correctly – would treat and prevent disease. It is possible that in the future,…
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Bees are vital for pollination of the flowering plants that provide at least one-third of the human diet. The value of bees and other pollinating insects to agriculture in 1975, according to Science Daily, was an estimated 153 billion Euros,…
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The debate about evolution is not as intense as it once was, but critics of evolution do still show up. Most of the flaws that dog the theory of evolution are outlined here. In point of fact, they are not…
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Bacteria rule the world. No matter where you go or what you’re doing, you cannot escape them. Nor would you want to. They’re inside you, on every surface you touch, in the air you breath, and an integral part of…
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A fixed action pattern (FAP) is an instinctive behavioral response that is triggered by a very specific stimulus. Once triggered, the FAP behavior can’t be stopped ‘midstream’, but must play out to completion. Fixed action patterns are produced by a…
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There are many dangerous animals in the oceans of Earth. Here are five of these extremely venomous creatures The first creature is the Box Jellyfish. This surprisingly deceiving organism is often no bigger than a bowl. Its primary habitat is…
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There are fish tales, and then there are tsunami fish tales. In a Japanese fishing boat recently found along the coast of Washington state arrived some most unusual visitors: five living beakfish (native to the warmer waters of Asia). These…
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Scientists studying microbes have always been marveled by the fact that bacteria has the ability to adapt to even the harshest of environments both on land as well as under water. They always wondered what it would be like in…
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Gray whales spend the summer season feeding in the cold waters of the north, and then in October, as the northern ice starts to form southward, they begin to move in small groups and along the Western coast of Canada…
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Feathers evolved before birds could fly. Birds evolved directly from the archosaurs, developing the internal temperature regulation that reptiles lack. Or possibly the avians evolved from dinosaurs that were direct descendants of the archosaurs, arising from theropods like Tyrannosaurus rex. Crocodilians…
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