A recent tragedy in the Andes, which claimed the lives of 46 passengers, has really highlighted the difference in safety between flying in large, standardized, commercial jetliners and smaller, less trustworthy ones. Yet, despite the fact that they’re much riskier,…
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Fungi, like most plants, are immobile and so to reach any new habitat they must either grow into new areas, often too costly a method, or find a way to disperse seeds so that they can find their way into…
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Normal everyday activities are taken for granted, from the minute the first baby steps are taken. Balancing and falling down are part of this early developmental process, not becoming a problem until sometime later on in life, when falling down…
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How do fungi get to where they need to go? Fungi, according to botany.edu, get to various host sites in a number of ways. Most of these dispersal mechanisms are as yet unknown but there is speculative ongoing experimentation. Fungi…
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Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic infection caused by a microscopic organism known as a nematode. This type of parasite will infect both humans and other animals who consume raw meat that is already infected with this nematode. The types of…
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A look at bacteriology The current science of bacteriology includes the study of prokaryotic cells. Bacteria are a group of single-cell microorganisms with a prokaryotic’ cellular structure, which primarily refers to its genetic material and the fact that it is…
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Marie Curie’s unprecedented work with radioactivity brought her fame, respect in the field of science, an unprecedented pair of Nobel Prizes, and eventually death in 1934. Marie Sklodowska Curie was born in Poland in 1867. From there, along with her…
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Bacteriology is the subdivision of microbiology that deals with the identification, classification, and characterization of bacteria. It also finds ways to make efficient use of bacteria in industry and medicine, to fight bacteria that are dangerous to human life or…
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Comments on the 14 Targets from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Make Solar Energy AffordableThis will help expand the already growing usage and give cities the Star Trek look, but for the right reasons. Some conservation’s might…
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Rainforests are such diverse ecosystems that it is surprising to learn that most are growing on thin, poor soils that contain few nutrients. The key to the luxurient growth of the rainforest is dependent not on new nutrients but instead…
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