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It seems there are quite a number of inequalities these days—there’s social inequality, gender inequality, and then the latest–and probably the most unusual–there’s actually microbiome inequality. Wait, what? Before you get a chance to Google it, microbiome is a collection of tiny organisms that your body needs in order to stay healthy and live longer. […]
Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have recently discovered that plants can “complain” to nearby plants when their neighborhood becomes too crowded, which makes the other plants alter their growth patterns. Survival strategies in the face of toughening competition is relatively varied for animals: they can either fight and defend their territory or pack […]
Mark Laidre, a biologist from Dartmouth College currently working on the remote islands in the Indian Ocean, witnessed something peculiar on one of his treks. He found a coconut crab— a specie which happens to be the world’s largest land invertebrate– killing and then eating a red-footed bobby seabird. A coconut crab is a humongous […]
Japan has always had a love affair with poop like no other country. Heck, they even invented the poop emoji! Everywhere you go, you’ll find poop merchandise — toys, pens, hats — anything that can be shaped into an anthropomorphized dookie.