As you've probably experienced firsthand, some mosquito species have a real taste for warm, human blood. So much so that if you raise them on it the lab, they'll accept no substitute. Fortunately, I don't get major reactions at all. Brad Main is a mo

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When Presidents, royalty or celebrities visit Singapore, they often receive a specially grown orchid, the national flower of the city-state, named after them. Barack and Michelle Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nelson Mandela all have multi-c

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ROME, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy lacks the necessary energy(能量,活力) and strength for an economic revival while unemployment and poverty are on the rise, warned a report issued Friday. The 44th edition of the Censis think tank social survey, the

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In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

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By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 18 February 2008 Orchid growers are trying to grab a bigger share of the global trade in flowers, which accounts for several billion dollars each year. Growers from Latin America and Asia are scrambling to market unique

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You might not think there would be that many people in the world prepared to devote lifetimes to the study of something so inescapably low key, 你或许会认为,世界上不会有多少人愿意花毕生的心血来研究那个不起眼儿的东西

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