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Science & Nature Essays and Term Papers
HurricanesThe whirling tropical cyclones that on occasion have wind speeds
reaching 320 kilometers per hour are known as - the most
powerful storms on earth. Out at sea they can generate 15-meter waves
capable of inflicting destruction hundreds of kilometers from their source.
Should a hurricane smash into ...
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Asthma And How Medication Allows For Increased PerformanceAsthma is a medical condition characterized by breathing difficulty that occurs when the air tubes leading to and inside the lungs become obstructed. Asthma negatively affects a person's ability to perform as it hinders the breathing capability and the amount of oxygen that can be taken in and ...
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A Critique Of The Stanford Experiment"The Education of a Torturer" is an account of experiments that has
similar results to that of Milgram's obedience experimentsthat were
performed in 1963. Though both experiments vary drastically, both have one
grim outcome, that is that, "it is ordinary people, not psychopaths, who
become the ...
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Irrigating Crops With SeawaterBrown J. Jed, Glenn Edward P., and O’Leary James W. 1998. Irrigating Crops with
Seawater. Scientific American.
“” talks about the global problem of finding enough water and land for the world’s population to survive. An estimated 494.2 million acres of ...
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Prionshave been a mistery for scientists from the day they where
discovered. act like viruses but they are not. Their structure and
chemistry are unknown. They are believed to be proteins but that is yet to be
completely proved.
Prion stands for �proteinaceous infectious particles�. Prions are ...
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CloningA few years ago if you were to ask someone about the possibilities of
they would most likely say it was impossible. This attitude towards
has been held into belief up until recently when scientists in Scotland
cloned a sheep. And immediately after scientists in Oregon cloned a monkey
(Fackelmann ...
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Hypnotism Is It Magic Or RealityHypnotism: Is it Magic or Reality
Most people know what it is. It has been seen on television and in movies, and the saying, "You are getting very sleepy" has become a widely used phrase. Hypnosis has almost always been thought of as a magic trick, but recent studies show that it is becoming ...
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The Orgins Of Atomic TheoryThere is an eternal human compulsion to unlock the mysteries of our lives and
our world. This search for knowledge has guided us to many beneficial new
understandings. It has lead us into this new age where information is its own
reward, an age where enlightenment is an end, not simply a means to ...
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How North Carolina Is Affected By Water PollutionHOW NORTH CAROLINA IS EFFECTED ECONOMICALLY BY WATER POLLUTION
About 80% of the State’s surveyed freshwater rivers and streams have good water quality that fully supports aquatic life uses, 17% have fair water quality that partially supports aquatic life uses, and 3% have poor water quality ...
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Acid Rain And Its OriginsDo you ever look outside on a rainy night and think to yourself why are we destroying our own habitat. Of course you don�t. You are more rapped up in the beauty of a calm and serene shower with the wind blowing and a gentle howl of the breeze trickling through the trees. Why would you think of ...
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Nobeliumhas the symbol No and is a radioactive metallic element with an
atomic number of 102. is in the actinide series being labeled as one
of the transuranium elements. The element is named after Alfred Bernhard Nobel,
the Swedish inventor and philanthropist.
Nobelium can be found when produced ...
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Drugs: Glossary And DefinitionsDistribution:
Drug distribution is the process by which a drug reversibly leaves the blood
stream and enters the interstitium (extracellular fluid) and/or the cells of the
tissues. The delivery of a drug from the plasma to the interstitium primarily
depends on blood flow, capillary permeability, ...
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Acid Rainis caused by pollution containing sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen oxide, and ozone ( SO�, NOx, and O� ) is released into the air.
These chemicals are absorbed into clouds and results in Acid Presipitation
( , Acid Snow, Acid Hail, Acid Sleet ). When the chemicals aren't
absorbed into clouds, they can ...
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Dangers Of Methyl BromideIf Australians knew the serious effects that the highly toxic methyl bromide had on their lives and those of their families, under no circumstances would they allow the continued use of this lethal chemical.
Methyl bromide is an ozone destroying gaseous substance. It has caused five to ten ...
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Narcoticsare drugs that excite the nervous system. Most are made from the opium poppy, (Papaver Somniferum) which is found mainly in Asia. were the first drugs used as medicines. They can relieve physical and emotional pain, and for this reason, they made very good medicines. The problem with is ...
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Animal Testing: Animals SufferIn order to tackle any concept in ethics you have to think with an
open mind. We as humans need to understand that we don't stand alone on
this planet, animals wander beside us. Once we understand that we share
the land and its' resources then we can make smart ethical choices. In
medical ...
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Could Air Pollution Have A Negative Impact On Water Quality??
For the past 30 years, scientists have collected a considerable amount of convincing information demonstrating that air pollutants can be deposited on land and water, sometimes at great distances from their original sources, and can be an important contributor to declining water quality. These ...
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Saturnorbits the Sun at a mean distance of 1.427 billion km with a
period of 29.4577 tropical years. The orbit is inclined 2.49 degrees to
the ecliptic, or Earth orbital, plane and has an eccentricity of 0.0556.
At 's distance from the Sun, it receives only 0.01 of the unit solar
radiation flux that ...
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Alternative EnergySOLAR ENERGY -- THE ENERGY OF THE FUTURE? About 47 per cent of the energy that the sun releases to the earth
actually reaches the ground. About a third is reflected directly back into space by the atmosphere. The time in which solar
energy is available, is also the time we least need it least - ...
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Thoughts On Acid RainAcid rain is a serious problem with disastrous effects. Each day
this serious problem increases, many people believe that this issue is too
small to deal with right now this issue should be met head on and solved
before it is too late. In the following paragraphs I will be discussing the
impact ...
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Evolutionis a force than nothing can escape. Communities evolve constantly and although there is no standard of where a society should be at any given moment, communities evolve individually. Then in reaction to a developing community, people grow and change. Then in reaction to people evolving the ...
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Cleaning Up After The Exxon Valdez Was A MistakeThrough many hours of research I have determined that the spill cleaning techniques used to clean the Prince William Sound area of Alaska did more harm than leaving the oil where it was. The Alaskan oil spill has become the most studied and managed event of its kind. Although there is not much ...
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Is There A Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
A Comparative Study Between Religious and Secular
Prophecies Upon the Dawning of The New Millennium.
People believe that the year 2000 brings worldwide devastation. They are preparing themselves for Y2K, apocalypse, and the second coming of Christ. People are taken in on a huge hype that the ...
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