Saving Hedgehogs with Holey Fences and Special Ice Cream Containers
Chipping Norton has finest 18th century houses, a church that was a former wool factory, the Unicorn Hotel, countryside gardens and some amazing farm …
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Evaporation-Driven Engine Turns Water Into Light
Water. Essential for life, and critical for global climate, agriculture, transportation and power generation. For thousands of years, humans have …
Continue ReadingHow Can Bacteria Be Good? Learn about Scientific Advances and Biosensors
For hundreds of years, we have worried about bacteria in our food, water and war zones. While there is still good reason to fear many types of …
Continue ReadingThe Ocean Cleanup Organization's Mission to Rid the Ocean of Waste
The Ocean Cleanup Organization recently set forth on an expedition to chart the Pacific Ocean’s “Great Garbage Patch”. Why is this …
Continue ReadingHow Do Birds Learn How to Sing? Learn All About Bird Songs & Calls in this Article
How do birds learn their songs and calls? And what consequences could learning about bird-song have for humans? Learn all about the bird-brains behind …
Continue ReadingWhy Koalas Only Live in Certain Parts of Australia
Koalas are native to Australia. In fact, they live in only the eastern states of that subcontinent. Why didn’t they spread, at least to Western …
Continue ReadingCan Animals Rain From the Sky? Learn About this Mysterious Phenomenon
Lots of things other than rain and snow fall out of the sky, from mineral (meteorites and assorted space junk) to vegetable (autumn leaves), but …
Continue ReadingWhy Corn Ethanol is Bad for the Environment
Corn Ethanol is currently mixed with American gasoline and is often marketed as being cleaner and better for the environment. The truth is it can …
Continue ReadingHow Excess Carbon Dioxide Affects Plant Life: Some Surprising Findings
Most of us have heard dire warnings about the affect of carbon dioxide on our planet. However, some researchers have found some surprising upsides to …
Continue ReadingHow Many Undiscovered Species are There Still to Find?
By the year 2010, scientists had discovered a whopping 1,941,939 species. Incredible as that is, there are new species still discovered every year. …
Continue ReadingNoise Pollution Under the Sea: How Big a Problem Is It?
We all have seen images of oil spills polluting the ocean and destroying the habitat of marine wildlife. Noise pollution does not get near the same …
Continue ReadingHow Maize Plant Attacks it's Predators
Did you know plants have built-in protection mechanisms against predators? Read on to know how the maize plant protects itself from insects.
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