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Scientists discover hidden math secret inside Chinese money plant leaves
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Scientists discover hidden math secret inside Chinese money plant leaves

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·18 days ago
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Scientists have uncovered a hidden mathematical secret inside the leaves of the Chinese money plant: a naturally occurring geometric pattern known as a Voronoi diagram, something typically associated with city planning, computer science, and network…

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Oak trees are delaying spring to starve caterpillars
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Oak trees are delaying spring to starve caterpillars

ScienceDaily·ScienceDaily·26 days ago
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Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily attacked one year, they delay leaf growth by just three days the next spring—long enough to leave newly hatched caterpillars with nothing…

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“Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once
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“Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Scientists have uncovered a fascinating new species of pit viper in Myanmar that seems to blur the very definition of what a species is. This snake, now named the Ayeyarwady pit viper, puzzled researchers because it looks like a mix between two known…

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95% success rate: This new trick lures termites straight to their death
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95% success rate: This new trick lures termites straight to their death

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Scientists at UC Riverside have found a clever new way to outsmart termites—by turning their own instincts against them. Using a natural pine scent called pinene, which smells like food to termites, researchers can lure the pests straight toward a…

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These tiny dinosaur fossils fooled scientists for 20 years
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These tiny dinosaur fossils fooled scientists for 20 years

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Tiny dinosaur fossils that puzzled scientists for over 20 years have finally revealed their true identity. Rather than belonging to a miniature species, they are actually baby ankylosaurs—some less than a year old, including a possible hatchling.…

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What caffeine does to ants could change pest control
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What caffeine does to ants could change pest control

ScienceDaily·@HashtagPLUS·about 1 month ago
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Caffeine doesn’t just perk up humans—it can sharpen ants’ minds too. Invasive Argentine ants given caffeinated sugar learned to find food much more efficiently, taking straighter paths and reducing travel time by up to 38%.…

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Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of 'Cocaine Hippos,' Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar
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Colombia Plans to Euthanize Dozens of 'Cocaine Hippos,' Descendants of Animals Brought by Notorious Drug Trafficker Pablo Escobar

Smithsonian Magazine·Sarah Kuta·about 2 months ago
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If nothing is done to control the invasive creatures, officials estimate the population could grow to 1,000 animals by 2035. So, they aim to cull about 80 individuals later this year

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