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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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23 March 2024

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is classified as a fruit--more specifically, a berry--due to its botanical characteristics, although it is commonly used as a vegetable in culinary contexts. It is edible, shiny, and smooth. In January 2024, Japanese scientists Yuri Aratani and Takuya Uemura, molecular biologists at Saitama University, along with their colleagues, recorded real-time footage of plants communicating with each other for the first time. To capture this communication, the team used leaves cut from tomato plants and Arabidopsis thaliana. The footage revealed that plants release airborne compounds, akin to scents, which form a fine mist serving as a medium for communication. The researchers believe the plants use this mechanism to warn each other of imminent threats. For instance, the video demonstrated that when a healthy plant detects danger, it produces calcium through its leaves. Tomatoes are a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, including lycopene, vitamin C, and other antioxidants. They also contain phenolic compounds such as hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids, and chlorogenic acid. Several studies suggest that tomatoes may offer health benefits, including potential anticancer properties. A photograph captured tomatoes hanging from a plant in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on 17 March 2024.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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12 August 2023

Elephant caretaker doing exercises on a disabled elephant named ''Namal'' on August 12, 2023, in Elephant Transit Home, Udawalawa, Sri Lanka. Elephant Namal was found in the Ampara Jungles in 2012, when he was just 1 year old. Wildlife officials found him exhausted and dying after he was caught in a hunter's snare and transported him to the Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home. Namal, named after ''Namal Garden'', the area where he was found, is a fun-loving elephant who enjoys being around people. The elephant's spine is getting weaker as he does not have the support required from his left back leg to carry his increasing body weight. Today, with the assistance and support of several key personnel, including those trained in Australia, a prosthetic leg will be manufactured and fitted for the back leg of an elephant for the first time in recorded history. Namal will be the first known instance where an elephant receives a prosthetic back leg.

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