buttercup petals solar heat reproductive parts

Buttercup petals warm the flower’s reproductive parts

The curved petals form a dish that directs solar heat toward the flower’s reproductive parts. As a result, those parts stay several degrees warmer than the surrounding air.

One disaster can bankrupt an insurance company

Insurance relies on the idea that not everyone will need a payout at once. But a hurricane or earthquake can damage thousands of insured properties simultaneously. The resulting claims can overwhelm an insurer’s reserves. That is why insurance companies buy insurance themselves, called reinsurance, to share the cost of catastrophes.

Dung beetles may save the U.S. cattle industry millions

~$380 million/year

By quickly burying livestock dung, dung beetles take away places where pest flies can breed. One estimate puts the savings to the U.S. cattle industry at $380 million each year.

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Buttercup petals warm the flower’s reproductive parts

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