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Would you drink this artificial milk?
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The world’s first artificial cow's milk is being developed in an effort to put a more environmentally sustainable option on the market. Scientists say 'Muufri' milk will taste as good and be just as nutritious as regular milk, and it'll be on sale next year.
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Who needs a fridge?
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Male king penguins can store food in their stomachs for three weeks to ensure a supply of food for their chicks.
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Where else are taste buds found in the body?
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Lungs have 'taste buds' which can detect bitter-tasting compounds, although aren't connected to the brain! The taste receptors in the lungs are the same as those in the mouth except they are not found in clusters and do not send any signals to the brain.
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What grows faster than bamboo?
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Some species of bamboo can grow as fast as 3 feet a day. Also those type of bamboo were used to kill. By staking victim over sharpen bamboo tops as the bamboo grew. It went slowly through the victim.
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What did King Tut look like?
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King Tut was riddled with physical impairments because his parents were probably brother and sister, a new genetic analysis and thousands of CT scans of his mummified body have suggested.
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Watch this leech ingest this worm whole
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For the first time, the feeding activity of one of the world's biggest leeches has been caught on film, and it's just as disgusting as you might expect.
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Unworldly looking mushrooms
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Phillipsia subpurpurea is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae. It is found in Australia where it grows as a saprophyte on wood. It's cup-shaped fruit bodies lack stipes and have purplish interior surfaces.
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This super-effective cancer-fighting berry can help fight cancer
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A drug made from berries produced the blushwood tree ( Hylandia dockrillii), found in Australia, has been used to treat animals with face and neck tumours, and it starts taking effect within five minutes. Human trials have now been approved. According to researchers, in 75 percent of the 300 animals cases, the tumour disappeared in individuals that were treated with isolated compound found in the seed, and has so far not come back. "The compound works in three ways essentially: it kills the tumour cells directly, it cuts off the blood supply and it also activates the body's own immune system to clean up the mess that's left behind." ...
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This may be the coolest apple ever designed
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Called Paradis Sparkling, this new effervescent apple variety that fizzes in your mouth when you eat it will be on the market next year, but you can buy a tree now and grow your own. This might just be the best hangover cure ever ...
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The world’s first green helicopter
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It takes hundreds of hours to become a proficient helicopter pilot but this new 'volocopter' could change all that. Its 18 rotor blades make the craft incredibly stable and within two years it could be on the market
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