Its flower is the national flower of Guyana. It is found mostly in the Amazon basin, which contains the lakes and small rivers of Guyana in South America. It is used to make water gardens. Its white flower has the smell of pineapple. Its seeds are expensive, so it can be called an ornamental plant….
The Shanay-Timpishka is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River. Even in the non-rainy season, the 5km wide Amazon River and its surrounding forest were always full of mystery. The tribes and flora and fauna of that forest, which is more than half the size of the United States, are still not fully understood….
Deadly version of isolation The Amazon world itself has not yet given any hold to man. Is there any place more isolated than that inside? Mount Roraima is a large mountain with a flat top. It is found in North America along the borders of Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. The steep slopes range from 400…
It is certain that in the future, when humans form colonies on Mars and start life there, the colonists and travelers will have to farm for the food they need. Scientists in the US, who have thought about how to meet that food demand, have now almost reached a decision about the plant that will…
Scientists (UFlorida & UFIFA Solutions) used the regolith sample collected during the Apollo 11,12 & 17 mission to experimentally grow Thale Cress (Arabidopsis taliana) in the soil (Regolith) first brought from the lunar surface. In response to the fact that plants grow in regolith, we will now see if it will help us to cultivate…
When a volcano erupts and subsequent lava flows engulf the mountain slope and surrounding lands, parts of the earth, due to their elevation, escape destruction. The land, which remains intact, is later turned into an island for plants, animals, and birds alike. They are called kipuka, a word derived from the Hawaiian language, meaning “hole”…
LPG is composed of propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10), close to gasoline, and has twice the flammability of natural gas, so we can not see the flame completely by burning completely and well in the normal atmosphere, but the heat is biogas, methane (CH4), the same compound in natural gas, and carbon dioxide (CO2), and…
The smell is called petrichor. Streptomycete is the odor of a compound called geosmin, which forms the stems of bacteria.
Socotra is an island nation in the northwestern Indian Ocean off the coast of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia. The island community is part of Yemen. It is located 340 km from Yemen. Covering an area of 4,600 sq km, the island community is known as the Galapagos in the Indian Ocean. Socotra is estimated…
