Pansies provide a colorful splash and require very little maintenance, which makes them a popular choice for home gardens. They can be used in garden beds, borders, ground cover areas and in containers. This flower prefers cooler temperatures and will…
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Helium is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. It is inert, not reacting with any element, including itself, and so tiny that it is used to find microscopic leaks. How did we ever discover such an elusive element? Well, first we have…
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Helium is some really special stuff. All elements have properties which make them unique and in some cases extraordinary, but helium is an element with a whole list of exotic circumstances and notable effects. It is the second most abundant…
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Rhododendron ponitcum is a species of evergreen Rhododendron known for its light purple to lavender flowers. The species is found in two distinct regions of Europe and Asia Minor, where it is classified as two different subspecies. Rhododendron ponticum subspecies…
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Oxygen may be the most important element on Earth. Without Oxygen, there would be no life, no fire, no water and little decay. On the periodic table, Oxygen is atomic number 8 and has an atomic mass of 16. The…
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The Atlas cedar is a majestic evergreen conifer that grows as large as 120 feet tall and around 100 feet wide in its natural habitat. However, the trees growing in the United States may grow only to be around 40 to…
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Though atoms are the building blocks of all matter, there are only three types of particles of which they are composed. The combinations of these particles determine the physical and chemical properties of atoms. The three varieties of particles are…
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Ernest Rutherford’s 1911 experiments with gold foil discovered that the atom’s positive charge is concentrated in one place – a nucleus, as we now know it. Although Rutherford did not personally conduct the experiment (his assistants, Ernest Marsden and Hans…
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Imagine spending a day in the life of one of the most social animals, the meerkat. Imagine being a meerkat, spending life in the dry open plains, on the unforgiving stony ground of the south African meerkat world. You will…
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Silver is considered by many as one of the most precious metals on the earth today. It is used in jewelery, building, and pretty much everything that needs it. So what are the numbers behind this mysterious metal? Well here…
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