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03/12/12 | Alcalá de Henares, España

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22/04/12 | Oslo

Why Spiders Don't get Stuck in their own Webs

If a spider's web is sticky enough to catch many types of prey even bigger than the spider itself, why does it not get caught itself? Get the answer in this video.

07/04/12 | Bremen, Germany

Potatoes, Wheat and Rice - a New Generation of Genetically Modified Plants

In several European countries field experiments with new genetically modified plants will start this year: in Ireland cisgene potatoes resistant to late blight will be cultivated, while in England and Sweden trails will be run on wheat that can repel lice with pheromones and barley that makes more effective use of nitrogen. All the experiments are part of research and development work on a new generation of genetically modified plants.