Scientists have recently performed tests on poison dart frogs and have found out that they are more fit than the average frog. The reason for this, scientists believe, is that the poison dart frogs are picky eaters and need to forge more to get their food. Also, they think that the poison dart frog’s metabolism is [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2011
Why Birds Collide with Human Made Objects.
March 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Biology
Many different birds run into things that we have made. Things like windows, power lines, and many more things. Many of these things we can see no problem every day. A new study was recently done to try to find out why these birds seem to not see these things. This problem concerns conservationists. These [...]
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Chemistry of the Bloody Mary
March 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Chemistry
Scientists have researched the chemistry behind many different kinds of drinks and have finally looked into the chemistry of the Bloody Mary. According to researchers, this sort of drink is a very complicated mixture which provides such an extravagant variety of taste. The scientists were able to analyze the ingredients used to find the best ones to [...]
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The Human Virus
March 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Biology
For the first time ever, scientists have linked the deaths of mountain gorillas to a human virus. This is startling to the scientists because these mountain gorillas are endangered and are kept in national parks which are often visited by tourists. Scientists are trying to find a place to put these gorillas without endangering them [...]
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Wild birds helping the spread of influenza
March 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Biology
Wild birds. We see them everyday, flying around and annoying us. A study finds that they may play a part in spreading bird flu. Bird flu is an influenza that has been around for quite some time. We have no immunity against it. Geese and chicken were found to have this in china by the [...]
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Seeing Clearly with Silicon
March 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Chemistry
One hundred million–that is the number of children who need glasses to see better in classrooms. However, glasses can be very be expensive. Scientists have now discovered a new type of glasses made with silicon. The silicon is inside the lenses of these new glasses. With the silicon they can adjust the prescription in the lenses [...]
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Plant Disease Resistance
March 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Biology
Pathologists recently discovered a metabolite that plays a critical role in other organisms to protect them from pathogens. This has been known for 100 years. But the mystery remains how this works. When there is an increase of metabolite it does not affect the production of the plant. This element is very interesting. I think [...]
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Tigers and Polar Bears Are Highly Vulnerable to Environmental Change
March 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Biology
Large predators are much more vulnerable than smaller species to environmental changes. Like hunting for the bigger animals its harder for them because if they were looking for something small to eat little animals could be hiding in small spaces. Also habitat is a huge thing because if the animals place were they normally live [...]
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Search for Oil Beetles
March 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Biology
These beetles live in grassland areas.”In the last hundred years, half of the country’s eight native species of oil beetle have disappeared”. Oil beetles can grow up to 3cm. Amazing! There life cycle is pretty amazing. The female burrows a hole in the ground. Then the larvae hatches. Then the larvae attaches to a bee [...]
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Remarkable Fossil Sea Creature
March 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Biology
This fossil shows new light on important on other sea creatures. This fossil is 525 million years old. The fossil shows soft body parts and tentacles. This creature used to live in a tube. The way the animal gets the tube around it is that the animal secrete a a liquid to form the tube. [...]
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