Venus flytrap with prey. Credit: Plant Biomechanics Group The Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) only needs 100 milliseconds to catch its prey. Once their leaves, which have been transformed into traps, have closed, the insects can no longer escape. Using biomechanical experiments and virtual flytraps of Venus, a team from the …
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has opened up. During a virtual conference call for Christian men, Roethlisberger spoke about fighting various struggles off the field over many years. “It’s not always easy,” said Roethlisberger on ESPN. “People don’t realize all the time that we athletes are human. We sin like …
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WWDC 2020 has already started and Apple announced new versions of its operating systems and a big change for Mac. From iOS 14 with a new home screen to the redesigned macOS Big Sur and the transition from Intel processors to ARM chips on Mac, we want to know what …
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BOSTON, June 23, 2020 (State House News Service) – It wasn’t without a bit of grumbling from operators, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission finalized its minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of the engine room State slot machines and tourist casinos on Tuesday. The commission had already established …
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The president tweeted his endorsement of Bennett in early June, and launched a robocall saying that she would help him “fight the crazy Nancy Pelosi and that radical liberal socialist group trying to destroy our country.” House Freedom Action, a leadership PAC aligned with the former congressman, spent nearly $ …
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