Given enough time, jumping beans will always find their way out of the sun. Jumping beans, which are really seed pods with twitchy moth larvae inside, hop around in a way that — if they live long ...

Money sure seemed to go a lot further when I was a kid. When Mama gave me my weekly allowance of 50 cents on Saturdays, I’d waste no time jumping on my bike and heading downtown, sometimes cruising ...

My son purchased some Mexican jumping beans and wanted to know more about them. Can we grow them here in Jacksonville? A Mexican jumping bean is native to Mexico, where it is known as a brincador ...

A few months ago, I had the chance to take a bush walk with one of the most respected trail guides in South Africa, Stefan Winterboer. After showing us where a hippo had marked its territory by ...

Mexican jumping beans have been a curiosity for many an inquisitive child, and yes, they really do “jump,” thanks to the presence of tiny moth larvae inside the seed pods. According to a recent paper ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- What makes Mexican jumping beans jump? New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that Mexican jumping bean larvae respond to different colors of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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