The Beautiful Moth

ONE pleasant evening a moth flew into a plush restaurant. As it fluttered by her table, a lady dining there frantically shooed the moth away as if she were being attacked by a disease-laden mosquito! The moth proceeded to another table, finally alighting on a man's lapel. This man and his wife had an...

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How Crops Survive Drought

Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can survive difficult environmental conditions such as drought. Working on abscisic acid (ABA), a stress hormone...

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The Eye of the Peacock Mantis Shrip

The peacock mantis shrimp, found on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, is equipped with the most complex eyesight in the animal kingdom. “It really is exceptional,” says Dr. Nicholas Roberts, “outperforming anything we humans have so far been able to create.” Consider: The peacock mantis...

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WAS IT DESIGNED?

Biology of Sharks and Rays Like other sharks, the Great White is a biological "swimming machine", sculpted by evolution to utilize the properties of water with elegant efficiency. Everything about the White Shark's body shape is stripped-down and fine-tuned to optimize its swimming efficiency in a...

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