Topics from May 2016
- What imparts fragrance to flowers, fruits and species?
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- Fruits were supposed to attract animals. So what is the point of lemons tasting, so sour? Are there any animals which actually like the taste? Did we breed lemons from ones that were sweeter? Or do an
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- How do trees reduce air pollution?
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- Why do vegetables such as cucumber, snake gourd and bottle gourd sometimes taste bitter?
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- Beetroot contains a red colour pigment called betacyanin. Does it aid in the formation of blood cells in any way?
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- Normally the bark of trees turn brown but in some the stem remains green even after a few years. Why?
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- Why do some trees hold onto their leaves longer than others?
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- Why are some portions of sugarcane red?
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- Why does the touch-me-not plant shrink when touched?
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- Why are leaves of crotons coloured?
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- What makes Venus fly-trap plant insectivorous?
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- What is plant tissue culture?
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- How do plants survive during certain season’s inspite of shedding leaves?
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- How can we identify poisonous and non-poisonous mushroom?
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- Why do raw fruits such as mango ripen faster when kept in rice tins?
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- How does temperature affect ripening bananas?
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- How do fruits ripen?
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- Why does apple turn brown on being cut?
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- Why do drops of lemon create white spots on the floor?
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- Why does the lotus leaf not get wet?
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- Why do flowers have different colours?
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- Why does jasmine bloom only in the night?
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- Why and how does the sunflower always face the Sun?
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- Why does the Kurinji flower only once in 12 years?
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- What is terminator gene technology? How is it used to help our farmers?
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