January 1, 2015 Medical Science
That longevity in human beings is often determined by wealth as much as genetic factors should not be a surprise. There are several reasons why not having any money worries can result in a person living a long life. The…
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January 1, 2015 Social Science
Since the dawn of time, mankind has recognized that a certain percentage of its population was more in tune with the world around them and the world within them. These were the people who were shamans, healers, counselors and advisors…
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Butterflies and moths all have overlapping scales on their two pairs of wings and this is the meaning of their group name, Lepidoptera (lepido = scaley, pteron = wing). Under the scales, the wings are transparent and veined, as in other…
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As anyone who has seen a firefly knows, some living organisms are capable of producing and emitting light from within their own bodies. This is known as bioluminescence. Unlike many other common sources of light, bioluminescence creates light but does…
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January 1, 2015 Physical Science
Comets are both strange and interesting objects. They vary in size and brightness, with some being so dim they can barely be seen with a telescope and others that are so bright that they can be easily seen with the…
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January 1, 2015 Social Science
Recently my son was home on leave from military duty. We cherish these short visits and try very hard to find opportunities for deep discussion during each. This visit was a particularly sad time as we had just lost a…
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January 1, 2015 Physical Science
Comets are commonly referred to as ‘dirty snowballs’ because of the knowledge that they contain rock, dust and water ice. It is also widely thought that it may have been comets that brought the building blocks of life to Earth….
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January 1, 2015 Physical Science
A comet is a collection of dust, rocks, ice, and frozen gases which is between half a mile and 100 miles in diameter. A comet’s tail does not exist for nearly all of the comet’s orbit. It won’t appear at…
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Migration is typified as the movement of a large number of animals into a common location. It is also a very prolific occurrence in many different animal orders, and serves a number of different adaptive purposes There are also different…
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January 1, 2015 Physical Science
Comets herald the death of great men. Shakespeare says so in the play Julius Caesar, “When beggars die there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” The Bard was referring to history, or at…
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