Day: November 21, 2018

American bees caught in fields with hemp Biologists have found that at the end of the warm season field planting of cannabis can constitute an important resource for bees. At a time when the number of bees in many regions is reduced, the commercial cultivation of this plant can help to rectify the situation. On the results the authors reported at the conference of Entomology 2018. Upstairs Because of the adopted in the twentieth century laws in most countries to cultivate any cannabis prohibited. However, in some US States legalized marijuana Smoking, and after that the country began to appear fields sown with hemp. They grow as the subspecies of the plant which contains high concentrations of psychoactive substances, and other subspecies. This is called hemp seed were used in the past in many countries, including Russia, for the production of vegetable fiber used to make rope and fabric. All

“VKontakte” launched the space week in honor of the 20th anniversary ISS 20 Nov “Vkontakte” in the framework of the project #VKLive will hold a live broadcast from the mission control Center. Upstairs To mark the 20th anniversary of the International space station “Vkontakte” holds “space week” was launched a “space” mask in the stories, every day publishes interesting materials about the ISS and comfortable draws themed prizes and will hold a live broadcast with the astronaut from the mission control Center. 20 Nov Vkontakte project #VKLive will hold a live broadcast from the mission control Center. Stream will start at 17:00 in the official community of Roscosmos. Communication with users will be cosmonaut Sergei Prokopiev aboard the International space station. Co-host of the broadcast will be cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, participant of two expeditions to the ISS. Sergey Prokopiev answer questions that may ask any user of “Vkontakte”. To do

In the zoo San Diego unexpectedly born a baby siamang About the pregnancy of his mother, no one suspected. Upstairs An amazing event happened in mid-November in the zoo of the American city of San Diego. 37-year-old female siamang Eloise gave birth to a baby. This event was a complete surprise for staff, because for many years Eloise has been in the program for birth control and to have children in General could not. Siamang in CaliforniaDuring the download an error has occurred.Newsa Rare sight: the zoo in Oregon published x-rays of animals However, the birth of a new inhabitant of the zoo was a very joyful event and a sensation. The fact that this is the first baby siamang, who was born here in the last 12 years. In addition, siamang (species of Gibbon living in the tropical forests of Malaysia and Indonesia) are now under threat of extinction,

Journalists rescued the penguins, contrary to operating rules (video) The case when help is really needed. Upstairs The BBC Earth for a few months in Antarctica filming a documentary about a group of Emperor penguins. A few days ago after a storm the birds were at the bottom of the ravine, out of which alone could not: the walls were too slippery and steep. During the download an error has occurred. From the snow trap managed to escape several females who were forced to leave their Chicks. In the end the kids started to die of hunger, and the situation decided to intervene people. The members of the crew took a shovel and dug in the ravine of the small steps that were supposed to help the penguins out. And the plan worked: after some time, the birds figured out how to use the hollows and managed to get out

Found the smallest dinosaur footprints They left a tiny dinosaurs the size of a Sparrow. Upstairs Paleontologists have found… the tiny dinosaur footprints, left by a previously unknown species, specimens of which size was about of a Sparrow. The newsScientists have discovered the most ancient piranha that lived in the time of dinosaurs Traces of age, about 110 million years have been found in the formation Jinju in South Korea. Each of them is a length of about one centimeter. Although traces generally resemble those of modern birds, the visible prints only two claws, which indicates the identity of traces that is the raptors, carnivorous bipedal dinosaurs of the family of dromaeosaurid (these dinosaurs held their third claw above the ground in a bent position). “The tiny size of the exclusive new tracks; the tracks were left by small dinosaurs about the size of a Sparrow, says Anthony Romilio (Anthony