We鈥檝e already seen that rabbits and hares have quite interesting physiology, but for certain species of leporidae the adaptations get even more extreme....
Rabbits are foraging herbivores, eating mostly grass and weeds. But this fibrous, cellulose rich diet isn鈥檛 the easiest to digest, and by the time their dinner has make it through their intestines...
After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, reactor number 4, which was involved in the accident, was encased in concrete to contain the radiation and debris, creating a structure known as 鈥渢he...
The term 鈥渁lcohol鈥� to a chemist聽 means an organic compound that contains an OH group, but as far as the public is concerned 鈥渁lcohol鈥� refers to one specific compound, namely, ethanol. It is ethanol...
In 1957 the U.S. government conducted a study aptly named 鈥淭he Effect of Nuclear Explosions on Commercially Packaged Beverages鈥�. The researchers placed cans and bottles of beer and other drinks in...
Unless you鈥檙e participating in a spelling bee or playing Fallout New Vegas, you probably don鈥檛 think about sassafras much, but you might still ingest it regularly. It is, or at least once was, the...
Snails, spiders and octopi have something in common-聽they all have blue blood!聽We're not talking in the sense of royalty, these creatures literally have blue blood. So why is their blood blue and...
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