Indonesia to use African weevils to spur oil palm output
JAKARTA: Indonesia is betting on tiny bugs from Africa to help boost its palm oil production, as the broader sector grapples ...
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Indonesia to use one million African weevils to spur palm output
JAKARTA] Indonesia is betting on tiny bugs from Africa to help boost its palm oil production, as the broader sector grapples ...
Bruce Parry: 'Killing a goat for new Tribe was difficult – but taking the bus harms planet more'
The likeable Parry, who first leapt onto our screens in a variety of skimpy loin cloths in the original Tribe two decades ago ...
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Indonesia to Use 1 Million African Weevils to Spur Palm Output
Palm oil is native to Africa, making the Tanzanian bugs well suited for the role, and an insect release has been successful in the past. Weevils were introduced during the 1980s to plantations in ...
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Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
Teaching kids about bugs benefits the environment, research suggests
Pro-environmental behavior increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, ...
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WATCH | Weevils released into Crocodile River to tackle invasive plants
A weevil species has been released into the Crocodile River in Hartbeespoort to control the spread of the common salvinia, an invasive alien aquatic plant. Common salvinia, native to South America, ...
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Who is Katelyn Young? Injury update, points total for Murray State star in March Madness
Murray State's Katelyn Young may be one of the most prolific scorers you've never heard about. In the first half of the NCAA tournament first-round matchup against No. 6 Iowa, Young passed ...
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Facelifts aren’t just to combat aging. Young people are using it to finesse facial features
Whether young facelift patients encounter greater risks than those in their 50s and 60s is disputed from surgeon to surgeon. In Dr. Zelken’s view, surgery complications such as nerve damage or ...