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Science & Nature Essays and Term Papers
Cloning TodayA clone is a group of organisms that are genetically identical. Most clones
result from asexual reproduction, a process in which a new organism develops
from only one parent. The one process of cloning, called nuclear transfer,
replaces the nucleus of an immature egg with a nucleus from another ...
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Basking SharkAmong the masters of the sea, lies a sluggish monster. Cetorhinus
maximus is just that, although more generally known as the . This
interesting animal has some unusual characteristics which include its physical,
behavioral, reproductive, and feeding attributes. Other details about the ...
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Cellsare some of the smallest organisms around. All living things consist of , and yet they are invisible to the naked eye. How and why are they so small? Well, are the basic structural and functional units of life. As life on earth has evolved into organisms of different species and living things, ...
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Isaac Newton, (also known as Sir ), is known as a great scientist by many people. He was born on December 25 in the year 1642 in Woolsthorpe, England. His father died before he was born and left his family without much money. Isaacs mother soon remarried and had three more children. His mother expected ...
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The Importance Of The Ozone LayerThe February 17, 1992 edition of time magazine's cover story started like
this: "The world now knows that danger is shining through the sky. The
evidence is overwhelming that the earth's stratospheric ozone layer-our
shield against the sun's hazardous ultraviolet rays-is being eaten away by
man ...
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Crude Operatons - Oil And The EnvironmentThe environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling greatly outweigh the economic benefits provided. Although it has been a continuous activity for more than a decade, One can not help but wonder why offshore drilling continues when considering the pollution caused, how it eliminates the supply of ...
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History And Development Of The InternetThe internet is a global computer network connecting millions and millions of users throughout the world. (Leiner, 2). It has become one of the fastest growing forms of communication today. (Marshall, 1).
The Internet started as a Defense Department Cold War experiment in the 1950’s. ...
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Compressed Gas: HeliumHelium was discovered by a French astronomer named Pierre-Julius-Cesar
Janssen. The French astronomer got evidence for the element during solar
eclipse in 1868. He detected new lines in the solar spectrum. Later in
1895 Sir William Ramsay discovered it in clevite, a uranium mineral.
Although ...
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The Laseris one of the most advanced tools we have in our
civilization. Lasers are powerful enough to cut through a thick piece of
steel, yet can be used in medical surgery. Lasers are used in the army,
not for guns, for range finding and a whole lot more.
Most people don't know where the idea of ...
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Larnyx CancerCancer Information: Larynx Cancer
Larynx cancer is a cancer that effects the larynx, or voice box, in people; it can also be called laryngeal cancer. The cancer occurs most frequently in people over the age of fifty-four and in black males. The larynx is approximately two inches long and is ...
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CdrRecordable Compact Disk (CD-R) is a blank CD with the ability to be recorded onto. The unit that is used to write data to these blank CD’s is called a CD Writer or “Burner.” This unit is not unlike a normal CD drive, the difference being that it has two lasers one invisible, one visible. The ...
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Endocrine DisruptorsDuring recent years, numerous newspaper and magazine articles have suggested that humans may be at risk because small amounts of well known environmental contaminants, such as dioxin, PCBs and DDT, can affect hormone levels. Hormones are produced by the endocrine system as regulators of biological ...
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Global WarmingWhat is , and how is it affecting the Earth and it's inhabitants? is sometimes referred to as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth's surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to become warmer. ...
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Cloning: BackgroundA clone is a group of genetically identical cells. For example, tumors are clones of cells inside an organism because they consist of many replicas of one mutated cell. Another type of clone occurs inside a cell. Such a clone is made up of groups of identical structures that contain genetic ...
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Computer GraphicsIntroduction 3
How It Was 3
How It All Began 4
Times Were Changing 6
Industry's First Attempts 7
The Second Wave 10
How the Magic is Made 11
Modeling 12
Animation 13
Rendering 13
Conclusion 15
Bibliography 16
Introduction ...
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Kangaroos -4. Habitat
5. Predetation
6. Reproduction
7. Family Life
8. Environmental Adaptations
9. Picture
10. Bibliography
ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATIONS
The kangaroo has adapted to many different types of climates. The gray kangaroo has adapted to life in the grasslands. It has stronger legs for ...
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Antibiotic Resistance 2During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...
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Black Holes 2What are black holes? Black holes are the remains of a massive star that has collapsed and shrunk to a tiny point in space. They have all of the gravity of the star concentrated into a miniscule point many times smaller than the original. Black holes are difficult to see because they are ...
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SuperconductivityINTRODUCTION
We've all heard about . But, do we all know what it is?
How it works and what are its uses? To start talking about , we
must try to understand the how "normal" conductivity works. This will make it
much easier to understand how the "super" part functions. In the following
paragraphs, ...
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DarwinismCharles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution to explain the origin,
diversity and complexity of life. I will will disprove evolution by
showing that natural selection only explains small evolutionary changes,
collectively known as microevolution. Natural selection cannot drive
large ...
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Center Of GravityThe , according to the Webster's New World
Dictionary, the point in a body, or in a system of bodies, at which the
weight is equal to the forward of the object as the rear. In other words,
it is the point where the weight is equal in the front and in the back. If
you could balance it on this place ...
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Ocean PollutionCovering nearly two-thirds of the globe, the oceans of the earth seem limitless. But in truth, toxic and industrial wastes pose a growing threat to these most important of natural resources. When people throw waste into the ocean they are not realizing what they are doing to the to the life that ...
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AlchemyScience , ancient art practiced especially in the Middle Ages, devoted chiefly to discovering a substance that would transmute the more common metals into gold or silver and to finding a means of indefinitely prolonging human life. Although its purposes and techniques were dubious and often ...
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Project Mercury, the first manned U.S. space project, became an official
NASA program on October 7, 1958. The Mercury Program was given two main but
broad objectives: 1. to investigate man’s ability to survive and perform in
the space environment and 2. to develop basic space technology and hardware ...
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Chinese Shih Poetry And PhilosophySince the beginning of time, man has sought to explain the world around him. This is called philosophy, a Greek word which means "love of wisdom." However, over the millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people, whether they explain nature or present ...
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