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Built at the foot of Mount Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery, is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world and the original home of the Codex Sinaiticus.

The art of bonsai has been practiced for centuries; teaching gardeners patients and making them grow spiritually. This article details four ways to start a bonsai tree.

It seems aphids have two purposes in life: eat and reproduce. Though their feeding method is simple, their reproductive methods are highly varied and complex.

Restore a vintage gown by using it as a pattern study and recreating it from scratch. The wearer will have a one-of-a-kind gown for the prom or the ball.

The famous surviving giant tortoise of the Galapagos has mated again but reintroduction plans for Pinta Island, once damage is repaired, may involve another subspecies.

Fish sex doesn't conform to traditional ideas. Fish can reproduce by laying eggs, delivering live births, and fertilizing eggs internally or externally.

Species that survive are species that reproduce and spread. Plants can't walk, so in order to spread, flowering plants need ways to get their seeds to new locations.

Fungi have a complex life cycle, and mushrooms are no exception. Mushroom reproduction includes both sexual and asexual reproductive stages.

A once tropical mosquito is now well established in the US with the potential to initiate a devastating epidemic of viral, bacterial, or protozoan tropical diseases.

Migrating insects return to the same wintering locations while they fuel, rest, and use routes and flight patterns that are similar to those used by birds.

Late summer is a good time to remove suckers sprouting at the base of landscape trees as well as unwanted growth spurred by pruning cuts.

It is questionable whether a virus is alive because it must parasitize a host cell to reproduce.

Florence is home to two of the world's most famous museums, the Accademia and the Uffizi. Both are very popular; I recommend booking tickets when you plan your vacation.

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Flowers come in many colors, shapes and sizes. In nature, a flower's role is to produce new seeds for new growth; sometimes a little help is required to do so.

Thirty years ago, said Thoroughbred owner/breeder Arthur Hancock III, horse racing came together to avoid federal regulation. "...things have gotten worse, not better."

Good nutrition is the key to a strong and healthy defense system that can fight diseases. Daily food choices can either strengthen or break down the immune system.

Meiosis, a type of cell division, results in production of gametes (eggs & sperm). Genetically unique sex cells combine at fertilization to form one-of-a-kind offspring.

Microbiologically speaking, neither the world nor people are "sterile". Understanding the meaning of sterile is important and helpful for safety and health.

Mutant colors of blossoms on the Confederate rose enhance the pleasure of the autumnal garden. Pass along the mutant magic with a cutting from your garden.

The Joshua tree is a unique looking desert tree, synonymous with the Mojave desert in the south western United States; study the plant profile of the Joshua tree.

Some living things reproduce by cloning; producing offspring that are genetically identical to the parent. Organisms that procreate sexually create genetic novelty.

This is a strictly limited facsimile edition of 550 numbered copies of the Rothschild Haggadah, part of a larger medieval collection known as the Rothschild Miscellany.

Bacteriophages are a special type of virus that exclusively infects bacterial cells. Here's how they recognize, take over and ultimately kill their host bacteria.

Infectious disease can result of cellular organisms, such as bacteria (prokaryotes), from eukaryotes (cells like ours) or from nonliving infectious agents.

Bacteria are living cells with DNA genomes that direct the production of enzymes required for metabolism. Viruses are not alive. What does the viral genome do?

Learn the benefits of owning an Aloe Vera plant while simultaneously gaining an understanding of how to maintain the plants health and correct common problems.

Mammals generally invest heavily in raising their offspring and this determines how they choose their mates and also how often they can breed.

Bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) are common in the South Western part of Africa, but sightings of this unusual animal during the day are rare.

This article series provides information of how mitotic and meiotic cell division differ and how these processes are integral to the human life cycle.

Viral diseases that aphids transmit to plants are either persistent or last only a few days. The viruses of persistent infections permeate the entire body of the aphid.

Research into the development of sperm and eggs in hermaphroditic sea squirts (ascidians) gives insights into the separation of sexes in higher animals and even humans.

Through the evolution of a unique set of characteristics, reptiles were the first true terrestrial animals to appear.

Although they appear to behave as living things, viruses, viroids and prions are nonliving particles. Read on and discover more about these 'smart' parasites.

More then just mold, fungi are the decomposers of the ecosystem. Once grouped with plants, fungi are actually more closely related to animals.

Collectively known as bryophytes, the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses are primitive nonvascular spore plants.

What is cell metabolism? Obtaining food and converting it to energy is one of the features of life. This happens within animals, plants and individual cells.

Once Lyme disease has passed its early stages, treatment becomes complex, but patients often receive minimal treatment and are told they are cured.

Classical genetics is the oldest field within genetic science, and an essential foundation for several other disciplines.

Animals are adapted to their environment at every stage. Some do it by gradual modification, others by making drastic changes.

Low maintenance houseplants are hard to kill, and thrive with little attention. These are the best types of houseplants for homes with either low sun or a lot of sun.

Enlarged texts are a vital component of reading for the visually impaired, making words and images accessible while keeping them on the same page in the classroom.

There are only two basic types of cells, primitive prokaryotes and the more complex eukaryotes. Here are the main features that distinguish these cell types.

Plant sims are some of the game's most unique supernatural creatures, but they may not be for everybody. This article covers what to expect with a plant sim.

The distinction between species of sexually reproducing organisms is quite clear, but how are the lines drawn for organisms, like bacteria, that reproduce as clones?

The phenomenon of plants producing massive crops of seeds affects both wildlife and humans through a chain of changes in reproductive success.

A very readable book puts the latest research on aging into perspective, giving us simple and clear guidance about what will help us to age optimally.

"Creatures from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us." (Iris Murdock)

What to do to provide the optimal freshwater aquarium conditions for spawning egg scatters, egg depositors, mouth brooders, nest builders and live bearers.

The genetic blueprint of every human contains a significant amount of DNA that is not actually human. Dormant fossil viruses have infiltrated our genome.