Tomatoes’ tasteless green gene: Choosing tomatoes for color reduces fruit’s flavor, study finds

Tomatoes’ tasteless green gene Choosing tomatoes for color reduces fruit’s flavor, study finds By Roberta Kwok Modern tomatoes (all-over light green fruits at right) lack the correct version of a gene that helps them make flavorful molecules. In its correct form, the gene results in a tastier tomato with a dark green patch at...

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Sweets on the brain: Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer

Sweets on the brain Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer By Stephen Ornes     Many diet sodas are sweetened without sugar, but those sweeteners may fool your brain as well as your taste buds. Credit: ValentynVolkov/iStockphoto Diet soft drinks usually have no sugar, but that doesn’t mean they’re not sweet. These...

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Dino find ruffles feathers: Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought

Dino find ruffles feathers Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought By Stephen Ornes By Stephen Ornes / July 27, 2012 The skeleton of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, embedded in a limestone slab, suggests that feathers might have been the norm for dinosaurs. Credit:...

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Animal buddies: Humans aren’t the only animals that benefit from friends

Animal buddies Humans aren’t the only animals that benefit from friends By Stephen Ornes A recent study found that female baboons that groom each other are more likely to come to each other’s aid, even when they’re unrelated. Credit: Joan Silk, UCLA Baboons may not chat on the phone, go to the movies or see each other in class....

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Baboons detect bogus words: Some monkeys know a real word when they see it

Baboons detect bogus words Some monkeys know a real word when they see it By Stephen Ornes This baboon participated in a new study that found the monkeys could tell real words from nonsense strings of letters. Credit: J. Fagot Baboons may not know what different words mean, but they can tell real words from a nonsense...

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Mammals feel the heat: Scientists predict some animals won’t be able to keep up with Earth’s increasing temperatures

Mammals feel the heat Scientists predict some animals won’t be able to keep up with Earth’s increasing temperatures By Stephen Ornes Scientists say squirrel monkeys may not be able to move to new habitats fast enough to keep up with climate change. Credit: Dave Pape/Wikimedia Commons It’s getting hotter: The average temperature on Earth...

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Jelly babies: Population of jellyfish-like creatures contains only young animals, no adults

Jelly babies Population of jellyfish-like creatures contains only young animals, no adults By Roberta Kwok A comb jelly is a small animal with tentacles that lives in the ocean. Scientists have found a population of comb jellies that contains only young jellies, no adults. Credit: Cornelia Jaspers Some animals never...

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Skeeters ride the rain

Skeeters ride the rain Mosquitoes survive collisions with raindrops by going with the flow By Stephen Ornes To a mosquito, being struck by a raindrop is like a midair collision with a bus. But scientists recently discovered that skeeters fare well when they hitch a ride on the raindrop. Credit: Courtesy Tim Nowack, Andrew Dickerson...

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A trout’s nose-y magnets : Cells in a fish’s snout respond to magnets

A trout’s nose-y magnets Cells in a fish’s snout respond to magnets By Stephen Ornes Many animals are naturally magnetic. Some birds, turtles, fish and other animals change their behavior when they’re near magnets or magnetic fields. Trout do, too, and scientists may have figured out why. A recent study found that cells in trout noses contain...

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100 Tips Manajemen Waktu

  Berikut adalah 100 tips manajemen waktu. Latihlah agar Anda bisa menggunakannya dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Semakin banyak yang dilakukan akan semakin baik pengelolaan waktu Anda. :) 1. Ingatlah, semua orang akan mati. 2. Utamakan ibadah-ibadah fardlu sebelum tugas yang lain. 3. Ingatlah bahwa waktu hanya 24 setiap hari,...

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Es Kelapa Muda Pulihkan Stamina & Air Kelapa, Isotonik Alami

Quote: shutterstock KOMPAS.com — Cuaca terik dan aktivitas fisik siang hari pada bulan puasa akan menguras keringat. Di lain pihak, tak ada pemasukan cairan sama sekali. Kondisi tersebut menyebabkan kita mudah lelah dan mengantuk. Es kelapa muda sebagai minuman berbuka puasa dapat diandalkan untuk mengembalikan stamina. Perbedaan...

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Inilah 10 Fenomena Galaksi Bima Sakti yang Paling Menakjubkan

 Inilah 10 Fenomena Galaksi Bima Sakti yang Paling Menakjubkan  Quote: 1. Tabrakan Antar Galaksi Ternyata galaksi pun dapat saling “memakan” satu sama lain. Yang lebih mengejutkan adalah galaksi Andromeda sedang bergerak mendekati galaksi Bima Sakti kita. Gambar di atas merupakan simulasi tabrakan Andromeda dan...

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Keindahan Alam Indonesia ('Nyomot' Gambar National Geographic)

Hai Pecinta Alam. . . Kali ini saya mau share foto-foto amazing tentang keindahan indonenisia dari satu sudut tadi iseng-iseng buka situs national geographic, ketemu foto ini dan hebatnya foto-foto ini merupakan foto favorit national geographic, kita musti bangga donk sebuah media sekelas national geographic memfavoritkan keindahan indonesia cekidot...

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Bunga Ungu Nan Cantik Menyegarkan Otak Dan Menjernihkan Jiwa

Tahukah Anda bunga berwarna ungu yang cantik? Ya, tepat, jika jawaban Anda adalah bunga Lavender, bunga yang juga harum. Nama latinnya adalah Lavandula afficinalis syn.L. angustifolia (Lamiaceae). Sosok pohonnya mirip rumput, bahkan ada yang menyebut Rumput Raksasa. Tetapi ada juga yang menyebut si ilalang. Tanaman ini...

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