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 Global Warming: Melting kingdom of the Polar Bear

Trapped carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is turning the Polar Bear's frozen home into a floating death trap. Amateur documentary filmmaker Ashok Vaish gives an exclusive first person account of how global warming is threatening the Arctic Polar Bear...  
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 Himalayas Impact Global Climate

The Himalayas are not only the highest mountain chain in the world they also have a profound effect on the world climate. The Gobi and the Mongolian deserts are courtesy the Himalaya.  
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 A Library for Bacteria

Detection of bacterial strains that reside in the human guts in coastal waters can be used as a method of tracing the source of water pollution.  
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 The Cool Firefly

Fireflies are not flies but beetles. They send out light signals every now and then. But, unlike our bulbs which produce light and heat, their light is cool. And if you see them at night on a tree, you might think it is a brightly lit Christmas tree.  
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 The Fish Which Changes From Female to Male

There is a fish called the blackspot angelfish. When the male fish of the group dies, the largest female fish starts changing in appearance. At the end of it she becomes a male...  
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 Stinking Plants

Some flowers like to smell like rotting meat. They do it to trick insects.  
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 King of Fruits

Indians have been biting into juicy mangoes for 3,000 years. But the western world came to know about it only 300 years ago!  
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 Smelling Food with the Tongue

Snakes do not have a nose for the good things of life. Only a tongue.  
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 Scales for Safety

Fish are thick skinned. They don't get hurt when they brush against jagged rocks.  
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 We are Only 10 Seconds Old

How old is the history of human existence as compared to the history of earth? One simple way of understanding this would be to compare it to the 12 hours of a clock.  
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