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Thursday, December 16, 2021
Flying humans.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Orbit patterns of solar system planets
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Touch me not plant
Sensitive plant, (Mimosa pudica), also called humble plant, in pea family (Fabaceae).
It responds to touch and other stimulation by rapidly closing its leaves and drooping (hanging, weak).
When touched, this sensitive leaf reacts to stimulus, as there is a higher pressure at that point, and the water in the vacuoles of the cells of the leaf lose water to the adjacent cell.
All the water escapes the leaf (via the pulvinus) which then becomes flaccid (weak). This causes the leaves to close.
It majorly possesses antibacterial, antivenom, antifertility, anticonvulsant antidepressant, aphrodisiac, and various other pharmacological activities.
The herb has been used traditionally for ages, in the treatment of urogenital disorders, piles, dysentery, sinus, and also applied on wounds.
Mimosa Pudica, plants are actually sensitive to physical parameters like touch, temperature, and light.
Which means the plants fold and shrink their leaves and even look like they are dead when someone touches them or when there is a sudden variation in temperature or light.
Touch me not plant.
Saturday, February 13, 2021
fireflies, glowworms, or lightning bugs
They use bioluminescence produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies.
The insects take in oxygen and combine it with luciferin to produce light with almost no heat.
Luciferin chemical found in, fireflies, glowworms, or lightning bugs.
Lampyridae family, beetle, Coleoptera.
chemically produced light, from lower abdomen light organs, may be yellow, green, or pale red, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers.
They are found around wet or damp areas that retain moisture.
When oxygen combines with calcium, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the chemical luciferin in the presence of luciferase, a bioluminescent enzyme, light is produced.
Insects do not have lungs. They transport oxygen through tubes known as tracheoles.
Nitric oxide gas (the same gas that is produced by taking the drug Viagra)
plays a critical role.
Oxygen bound to organelles, called the mitrochondria, and is transported further.
Luciferin pass the blood brain barrier, placenta barrier and testis
barrier, toxicity appears low.
Chemical formula: C11 H8 N2 O3 S2
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