... most respected evolutionary biologists has defined biological evolution as follows: "In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political systems all evolve. Biological evolution ... is change in the properties of populations of organisms that transcend the lifetime of a single individual. The ontogeny of an individual is not considered evolution; individual organisms do not evolve. The changes in populations that are considered evolutionary are those that are inheritable via the genetic material from one generation to the next. Biological evolution may be slight or substantial; it embraces everything fro ...
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... what her captors looked like, but did remember that technological implants had been made, including audio-visual implants. The UFO entities can see through her eyes and hear through her ears. She is aware of the continuous presence of what she calls her "live-in companion," who answers to the name of Hweig. Mrs. Kannenberg realizes that Hweig would be explained away by conventional scientists in terms of split personality or some other form of mental abberation. Although she does not agree with this interpretation of her situation, she does not claim to have any paranormal abilities because of her contact with Hweig. She does not ...
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... tube to the closed end, where it is reflected. the wave has now completed a single cycle. It has passed through the tube four times making the closed tube, one fourth the length of a sound wave. By a continuous sound frequency, standing waves are produced in the tube. This creates a pure tone. We can use this knowledge of one fourth wavelength to create our own demonstration. It does not only have to be done using wind, but can also be demonstrated using tuning forks. If the frequency of the tuning forks is known, then v=f(wavelength) can find you the length of your air column. Using a tuning fork of frequency 512 c/s, and the speed of sound is ...
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... drug breaks down communication barriers and allows a great recipe for intimate contact, which a lot of young people today strive for. The positive feelings that people report are very similar to that of Prozac (anti-depressant drug) and fenfluramine. MDMA is usually taken orally in the form of pills synthesized by independent labs. They come in different colors, shapes, and sizes. The designer drug may also be taken in the form of a powder and injected into the blood stream for a quicker " high". The actual potency of the pills is determined by the size. They range from 50mg to 300mg depending on where it is made. Usually ecstasy is combined with smack, cocain ...
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... question is: “Which bias is the best bias to be biased with?” 1. Why can you say that both Creation and Evolution are biased in their approach? You can say that both creation and evolution are biased in their approach because those that believe in creation (creationists) posses a strong, firm, uncompromising sense of their beliefs and doctrines, and those that believe in evolution (evolutionists) posses an incompressible view of their beliefs. Creationists firmly believe that their tentative assumptions and ideology on how the universe was formed and how life began is legitimate, exact, and accurate in all aspects. Evolutionists, however, also belie ...
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... future. Gaining an understanding of a black hole allows for a greater understanding of the concept of spacetime and maybe give us a grasp of both science fiction and science fact. Hopefully, all the clarification will come by the close of this essay. A black hole is probably one of the most misunderstood ideas among people outside of the astronomical and physical communities. Before an understanding of how it is formed can take place, a bit of an introduction to stars is necessary. This will shed light (no pun intended) on the black hole philosophy. A star is an enormous fire ball, fueled by a nuclear reaction at its core which produces massive amounts of heat ...
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... for theoretical explanations of the star. Some of the most recent tools that have been invented to help study the sun are the coronagraph, the spectroheliograph, the magnetograph, and the spectrograph. These tools have enabled us to better understand the magnetic field of the sun and individual characteristics of the sun. Pictured above is Galileo Composition of the Sun The radiation that Earth receives from the sun is quite remarkable. The radiation that we receive varies less than 1% over a period of twenty four hours. However this less than one billionth of the radiation given off by the sun. This energy comes from deep with in the sun. ...
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... is even some present day proof that life can flourish in some not so favorable environments as found with the development of algae on many of Earth's deep sea thermal vents, as well as bacteria that lives beneath the Earth's icy polar tundra's in the arctic and Antarctic. George W. Wetherill even notes that “Even if a planet or moon could not support life globally, each could contain a tiny niche where life could thrive” (Science News, 328). What are the most favorable conditions for life to develop? It is now known that life simply cannot emerge anywhere that does not contain water. It is mostly preferred that this water exists in liquid form, but there are possi ...
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... who do require oxygen to live are considered aerobes. The bacteria who don’t use oxygen to live are known as anaerobes. The shape of specific bacteria provides for the next step in the identification process. Spherical bacteria are called cocci; the bacteria that have a rodlike shape are known as bacilli; corkscrew shaped bacteria are spirilla; and filamentous is the term for bacteria with a threadlike appearance. Hans Christian Joachim Gram, a Danish microbiologist, developed a method for distinguishing bacteria by their different reaction to a stain. The process of applying Gram’s stain is as follows: the bacteria are stained with a violet dye and treated ...
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... Some symptoms include enlarged lymph glands, tiredness, fever, loss of weight, diarrhea, and night sweats. AIDS is caused by two viruses that belong to a group called retroviruses. The virus became known as HIV-1. In 1985, scientists in France identified another closely related virus that produces AIDS. This such virus became known as HIV-2 and occurs mainly just in Africa. The virus,HIV-1 is spread throughout the world . HIV infects certain white blood cells, including T-helper cells and macrophages, that play key roles in the functioning of the human immune system. The virus attaches to certain molecules found only on the surface of cells ...
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