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    • Mycorrhizal fungi (Wikicommons)A new study has demonstrated that plants can use an underground network of fungi to warn each other about incoming insect attacks.

      Carried out by researchers from the University of Aberdeen, the James Hutton Institute and Rothamsted Research, the study demonstrated that the plants are able to send warnings of incoming aphids to other plants connected to their network. The plants then send out a chemical signal that repels aphids and attracts wasps, a natural aphid predator.

      The research follows previous findings that have shown plants can communicate similar chemical warnings through the air.

      The new study says plants can connect with other via a common fungus known as mycorrhizae. "Mycorrhizal fungi need to get [products of photosynthesis] from the plant, and they have to do something for the plant," John Pickett of Rothamsted Research told the BBC.

      "In the past, we thought of them making nutrients available from the [roots and soil], but now we see another evolutionary role for them

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    • Is this the secret recipe for Coca-Cola? (Cliff Kluge/eBay)Atlanta’s Cliff Kluge claims to have stumbled upon a 70-year-old copy of the official recipe for Coca-Cola, and he’s selling it on eBay for $5 million.

      "You don't stumble on things like this very often," Kluge told WXIA. "It's a letter, and a formula, and the processes to make it. I think it's a little deeper than having fun; I think it's the recipe for Coca-Cola."

      For its part, Coca-Cola maintains that the secret recipe for the world’s best-selling soft drink is still safely ensconced at the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta.

      "Through the years, many have tried to crack the secret formula, but no one has been able to reproduce the 'real thing,'" the company said in a statement. “The real formula is safely tucked away in a vault at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta."

      Kluge says that he and his wife discovered the recipe inside a box of letters and papers they recently purchased from an estate sale. The recipe is dated 1943. Coca-Cola says its recipe has been kept a secret since

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    • Part man, part machine, all statue. Behold RoboCop

      By Mike Krumboltz | The Sideshow – Mon, May 13, 2013

      A sculptor stands with RoboCop statue (photo: Across the Board Creations)A sculptor stands with RoboCop statue (Across the Board Creations)

      Remember the hubbub about the proposed RoboCop statue from a few years ago? Stay out of trouble, because it's happening.

      The artists at Across the Board Creations released a series of in-progress photos of its RoboCop statue. Though still not finished, the sculpture is coming together quite nicely.

      For those who slept through the '80s, "RoboCop" was a movie starring Peter Weller as an honest cop who is nearly killed in the line of duty. He gets a second chance at crime-busting when he becomes the indestructible and incorruptible RoboCop. The movie spawned lackluster sequels. A remake is scheduled for next year.

      Standing 10 feet tall and looking appropriately intimidating, the Fred Barton sculpture was made from foam, wax, clay and (of course) steel, according to a recent Kickstarter update. Next, the statue will go to Detroit's Venus Bronze Works for casting and manufacturing in bronze.

      The statue was funded via Kickstarter in 2011, when it raised $67,436 from folks around the world

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