The puzzle of dark matter is one of the great unsolved problems of science. Dark matter is a theoretical idea first proposed by the Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1934. Zwicky was a remarkable man who conceived dark matter, gravitational…
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Named “Perseids” because the meteors radiate from the Perseus constellation, the legendary Perseid meteor shower, peaking last month with the largest number of meteors on August 12-four weeks before the Peru meteorite hit-has always been historically connected with folklore dating…
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Viruses and bacteria cause around 90% of the all serious infectious diseases around the world. Millions of people suffer from these diseases. However, some scientists believe, without viruses or bacteria helping the process of evolution, the world we see may…
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“If the meteorite arrives incandescent and at a high temperature because of friction in the atmosphere, hitting water can create a column of steam,” added Jos Ishitsuka, an astronomer at the Peruvian Geophysics Institute, who analyzed the object. On September…
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Cymbalaria Muralis or the Ivy-leaved Toadflax, By Any and All Names, A Rock-Favoring Survivor The Ivy-leaved toad flax has a proper place in botanical science within the family scrophulariaceae, under the order Lamiales, within the genus Cymbalaria, in the species…
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There are millions upon millions of bacteria in our world. The microbiologist searching for in any particular bacterium uses a number of techniques to distinguish one species from another. The starting point for most bacteriologists is the gram stain. This…
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My idea for future space exploration would center around having a living area as well as a launching station on the surface of the moon. This will allow us to not only have manned missions to Mars but it would…
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Mercury Symbol: Hg Atomic Number: 80 Atomic Mass: 200.59 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: minus 38.83 °C (234.32 K, minus 37.89 °F) Boiling Point: 356.73 °C (629.88 K, 674.11 °F) Number of Protons: 80 Number of Electrons: 80 Number…
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Billion and billion years ago, this space, is expanding from a pinprick size until today, a space where we call it Universe. Since space starts to expand, the energy it possesses for expanding purpose is strong enough to push away…
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Viruses and bacteria often cause the same symptoms in people such as cough and fever. Because of this, many assume that they are very similar to each other, and yet they differ greatly. It is important for people to understand…
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