When humans are under attack, our fight-or-flight reaction is triggered — and it turns out the same is true for plants too.UW-Madison/YouTubeThe fluorescent calcium wave shown in a plant after injury.
New videos captured by researchers are changing the way that people look at plants.
A study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison published on September 14 in Science revealed that when a plant is injured, they release a nervous system-like signal throughout their body, similar to the pain response found in humans and other animals.
The dog was found beneath the pier at Independence Harbor in New Jersey udays after it ran away from its owner in Manhattan. TwitterBear, the Leonberger-Bernese mountain dog mix, escaped from his collar on a trip to the pet store, ran about 30 blocks, and jumped into the Hudson river.
On Saturday, Dec. 3rd, a frightened puppy got loose while accompanying his owner to the pet store — then ran a mile-and-a-half and dove into the Hudson River.
This 5,000-year-old rock art discovered in the Atbai Desert was created just after the region began to turn toward the arid climate that we know today.Atbai Survey ProjectBoth cattle and boats, depicted in the newly-found rock carvings, obviously need water, suggesting that this slice of the Sudanese desert once looked very different.
The Atbai Desert in Sudan is one of planet Earth’s most extremely dry places. It’s a flat, Martian-looking landscape that averages zero millimeters of rainfall each year.
After Ryan Wayne White of Kokomo, Indiana was diagnosed with AIDS on December 17, 1984, his case sparked widespread discussion about this stigmatized disease.Taro Yamasaki/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesAfter Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS in 1984, parents and teachers in his hometown of Kokomo, Indiana tried to prevent him from returning to school.
In the 1980s, a mysterious new disease called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the newly discovered human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) swept America.
“The only good thing about it is it keeps Dillinger’s name in the news.” FBIThe reason behind John Dillinger’s exhumation remains a mystery, just like the man himself.
Some live on in infamy even from beyond the grave, and John Dillinger is one of them. Now, 85 years after his headline-making death, Dillinger’s body will be exhumed from his grave in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis — for a History Channel documentary.