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The Brain Essays and Term Papers
Penguins: The Eyes Have It!Myopic little men in tuxedos, or highly efficient land/water animals?
Recent research indicates there's more to penguins than meets the eye.
If you've every wondered what it would be like to be able to see as
clearly under water as you can on land, just ask the nearest penguin.Most
aquatic ...
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The Ideal Dinner (Billy Corgan, Jimi Hendrix, And G. Washington)The Ideal Dinner (Billy Corgan, Jimi Hendrix, and G. Washington)
If I could invite any three people to dinner, I would probably choose
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Jimi Hendrix, and George Washington.
A strange combination to say the least, but I feel that I could learn a
lot from all ...
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Bulimiais an eating disorder in which persistent overconcern with body weight and shape leads to repeated episodes of binging (consuming large amounts of food in a short time) associated with induced vomiting, use of laxatives, fasting, and/or excessive exercise to control weight. was classified as ...
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GibbonsApes have 13 species of large, highly intelligent primates, including Chimpanzees, Gorillas, , and Orangutans. Apes are sometimes confused with Monkeys, but unlike their smaller primate counterparts, apes do not have tails and their arms are usually longer than their legs. Apes live in tropical ...
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AlchoholHave you or someone you know ever been to a party and got drunk and then drove home? The next morning did you ever wonder what might have happened if you had been in a crash? Did you know that about half of all highway deaths are alcohol-related? There are about 25,000 every year. Or did you ...
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Animal RightsAs Doctor Zola-Morgan stated in a speech to animal right activists,
"I've seen the impact of the movement. I believe this is an
attack on science of the worst kind. If we allow it to prevail it will
take us back to the dark ages." Too much of the public has come to think
of medical researchers ...
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Cassius Clay - Muhammad AliCassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. \"King of the World\" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind the scenes of Alli’s rise to the top and boxing ...
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HologramsToss a pebble in a pond -see the ripples? Now drop two pebbles close
together. Look at what happens when the two sets of waves combine -you get a
new wave! When a crest and a trough meet, they cancel out and the water goes
flat. When two crests meet, they produce one, bigger crest. ...
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The Blind And DeafBlindness and deafness is a problem that plagues millions of people everywhere. Both of these disabilities can be lived and coped with. For some degree of these dysfunctions there is a way to reverse the blindness or deafness, but in most cases the effects are permanent Blindness is the total ...
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Wild RideI sit and think of things gone past
People i've known are lost in my brain
Soon the time will come at last
No thoughts of hardship and no thoughts of pain
It seems like only yesterday I was playing outside
Running and jumping with friends all around
I was but a child with nothing to hide
But now ...
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DreamsWe have all had them at one point or another in our lives. Some are blissful while others are just terrible. Some individuals may have these visions when they are awake, but the majority of the time, these episodes happen during our sleep. It is the period when the subconscious mind takes over ...
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Ivan PavlovIvan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), world famous Russian physiologist became second to Freud as the most influential psychologist of our century. Pavlov was a follower of "The father of Russian psychology," Sechenov, whose theory was that the reflex is the essence of all reactions. Pavlov went ...
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The Catcher In The Rye: Chapter By Chapter SummaryChapter 1 ---------
The story is about Holden Caulfield, who is a boy who has just been kicked
out of school. He's walking down a hill, were they are playing football.
He's on his way to Mr. Spencer, an old teacher of his. It is cold and much
wind. It's winter. So he rings the bell at Mr. ...
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Lsd 3On October 27, 1906, a child by the name of Albert Hofmann was born(Albert, 1). This child would grow up to change the world forever. His research would create of subcultures of both the 1970’s and 1990’s. His discoveries would cause both grief and delight. His work in pharmacology ...
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The Insanity Plea By Winslad And Ross: SummaryThe Insanity Plea is a book about the Uses & Abuses of the Insanity Defense in
various cases. The book is by William J. Winslade and Judith Wilson Ross. In
this report, I will basically summarize the book and tell you different ways
people have used and abused the Criminal Justice System using ...
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HitlerOn the evening of April 20, 1889, Adolf was born in the village of Braunau Am in Austria. Nobody knew he would grow up and someday lead a movement that would hurt many families. Throughout his early days Adolf's mother feared loosing him. She paid a lot of attention to him and cared very much for ...
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The Madness Of Prince HamletIn Hamlet, Prince of Denmark the protagonist exhibits a puzzling duplicitous nature. Hamlet contradicts himself throughout out the play. He endorses both of the virtues of acting a role and being true to oneis self. He further supports both of these conflicting endorsements with his actions. This ...
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Creative Story: Racing Along Walls"Hey Joe, hand me the 3/16 socket," I mumbled into the underside of my car.
I felt a nudge in my ribs as my friend, Joe, handed me the socket I asked for.
Matching the ends of the hexagonal shaped socket with the stub on my wrench, I
pushed the two together. A loud click signaled the two ends of ...
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The Manhattan ProjectOn the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over
the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb
ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to
about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were ...
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Creative Story: Deadlock"Bzzz! Bzzz!" The alarm went off, and Susan Calvin rolled over. It was 6:30
in the morning, and RoboTimer™ had done its job admirably, waking her up to the
second of the time that it had been factory-programmed. Unfortunately, it hadn't
been set to the correct date, and when it announced ...
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