The name Mustelidae derives from the Latin word for weasel, but this diverse family of carnivores also includes otters, badgers and wolverines (gluttons). In all, there are generally considered to be 57 species in 8 genera – but through the…
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The tundra biome is located in a circle around the frozen arctic ice sheet that extends from the north pole to the edges of the continentental masses at the top of the world. If the earth was the head of…
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Ursidae is a small family of large carnivores that are found worldwide, except for in Antarctica and Australia. Just eight species in five Genera belong to the family Ursidae, including some of the largest land carnivores on the planet. People…
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When any given person hears the word “psychology” a variety of ideas might come to their mind. One person may immediately picture a therapist, pen in hand, notebook ready, looking curiously at their patient who is partially reclined on a…
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Climate, especially global warming has gone from being a world wide crisis to a controversial embarrassment and is now back to being an embarassment for the embarrasers! Beginning with the early concepts of anthropogenic contributions to the warming of the atmosphere…
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To understand the usefulness of “applied mathematics,” one needs to know what that simply means.This is the type of mathematics that uses the abstract to solve concrete problems in sciences, businesses, and other areas. In short, applied mathematics is “social…
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A recent study has revealed that your genes could play a vital role in what friends you choose throughout the span of your life and what friends your children will end up making. There are a few reasons that the…
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Til sunbeams find you You got to have a dream,If you don’t have a dream,How you gonna have a dream come true? – South Pacific, 1949 Ward Bond wasn’t a movie star, but he made a lot of stars look…
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The electron carries a negative elementary or unit charge while the proton carries a positive charge in an atoms, the basic unit of matter. The two types of charge are equal and opposite. The unit of electrical charge in the…
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Just as everyone should be cautious in extreme winter weather, they have to be cautious in extreme summer weather. Serious health problems can result from prolonged exposure to the elements. One such dangerous condition is heat exhaustion. Heat related conditions…
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