HOLOGRAMLASER LIGHT SHOWFIND OUT MORESome beams of light are powerful enough to cut through metal. Others are precise enough to use for delicate surgery on people’s bodies. These remarkable…
THE ANDESWORLD MOUNTAIN RANGESHIMALAYAN COLLISIONFOLD FORMATIONBLOCK MOUNTAINSFIND OUT MORENew mountains are built when rocks are pushed upwards by the movement of the giant rocky plates that…
TOTAL PARASITEGREEN PARASITEFLOWERING PARASITEFIND OUT MOREMost plants make all the food they need by photosynthesis, but some species are parasites. They steal food from other plants, known as…
SPRING-LOADED TRAPSTICKY TRAPPITCHERSFIND OUT MOREMeat-eating, or carnivorous, plants can trap and digest insects and other small animals. They do this to obtain the vital nitrogen that…
PLANT CELLLEAFSTEMROOTFIND OUT MOREA plant’s body has different structures designed for different tasks, such as making food and conserving water. LEAVES, usually broad and flat, take in…
MANUFACTURING PAPERTAPPING RUBBERFIELD OF LAVENDERTIMBER FOR CONSTRUCTIONHENNA FOR HANDSNATURAL FIBRESFIND OUT MOREAs well as food and medicines, plants provide other useful products. Many…
PARASITIC FLUKEA LONG LIFEMETAMORPHOSISFIND OUT MOREThe life cycle of an animal consists of all the stages from the start of one generation to the beginning of the next. For many insects, it…
MAKING A TELEPHONE CALLOPTICAL FIBRESFIND OUT MORETelecommunications began more than 160 years ago, with telegraphs and telephones working through wires. We still use wires – known as landlines…
ORBITING VENUSLANDING ON EROSDESTINATION SATURN AND TITANMARS EXPLORATIONFIND OUT MOREScientists launch interplanetary missions to study the planets, asteroids, and comets close up. Mariner 2…
