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The Real Meaning and Symbolism of the Lotus Flower
And while the rose, poppy, and peace lily are all three historically significant flowers, there is no bloom with as deep a ...
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Did the first flower look like this?
Hervé Sauquet, from Université Paris-Sud, France, one of the authors of the paper published this week in Nature ... Science Photo Library Left: Spiral arrangement of petals in a lotus flower.
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Scientists make mind-blowing breakthrough with energy-generating lotus leaves: '[It] has rarely been directly harvested'
The team estimates transcription could provide the world with 67.5 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. Scientists make ...
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Science In Action Bio-inspiration
reusable adhesive tape from gecko feet; Velcro from burdock seeds and suction cups from octopus suckers. Lotus Flower:© Agnese Abrusci, all other images courtesy of Getty ...
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Food, Offering, Medicine, Political Symbol: What the Lotus Means in Sri Lanka
“Pankaja,” I murmured to myself, “mud born.” It is one of over 40 words for the sacred lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera) in Sanskrit. I rolled my corduroys up to my knees and we began to ...