Nature vs. Mankind
by Sam Vaknin.Locally, though, order is often fighting disorder for dominance. In other words, in localized, open systems, order sometimes tends to increase and, by definition, statistical entropy tends to decrease.Some physical systems increase disorder, either b...
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Who is Nikola Tesla? By Wally Jukes
by Wally Jukes.Nikola Tesla was born on July 9, 1856, in a very small village called Smiljan, in the province of Lika, Croatia. You may not know who this man is, but he invented the theories of electricity we use today.Tesla finished his basic schooling in Croatia....
Being God-Conscious
by Lyka.Days are always filled with things to do, and each day usually ends with things still left undone. For many of us, Sunday is the only day when we could 'think about God and His Goodness'. And that's really sad, for God wants to fellowship with us on ...
Advice for Future Lunar Prospectors
by Michael Cottier.Long before David Beaty became associate Chief Scientist for NASA's Mars Program, he was a prospector. Beaty spent 10 years surveying remote parts of Earth for precious metals and another 12 years hunting for oil.And this qualifies him to work for NA...
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Mental Telepathy - Is It Real?
by Steven Gillman.What is mental telepathy? Telepathy is defined as "communication through means other than the senses." Add the "mental," and you have the concept of minds sending and receiving information without the senses, using something akin to radio waves, "tho...
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The North American Animals
by Sharon White.After all, only ten percent of the country is inhabited by people whereas most certainly all of Canada features wildlife and natural beauty.While there are many wild and unique animals in the country the beaver has long been associated with Canada. T...
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Water is Life
by Sharon White.Thus, the suggestion of water having changed its properties would inevitably lead to drastic consequences on Earth. Life on our planet arose in an aquatic environment and most likely in the littoral zone where sunlight fully penetrates. In a world wh...
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Biotechnology And Agriculture
by Sharon White.The methods of biotechnology involved include genetic engineering (GE), genomics and bioinformatics, marker-assisted selection, micropropagation, tissue culture, cloning, artificial insemination, embryo transfer, and other technologies. In producing ...
Human Brain Evolution
by Sharon White.Genes develop in our evolutionary history, both in expression level and protein-coding sequence, in parallel with those of chimpanzees but with different consequences. The manner development prescribed the function of different tissues and organs in ...
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Experiments On Inflammatory Cells
by Sharon White.During the past decade scientific knowledge on the presence or absence of pro inflammatory versus regulatory subsets are known to have major effects on the course and outcome of inflammatory reactions, due primarily to distinct cytokines secreted. In...
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Genomes
by Sharon White.However, one of the main purposes of genomes’ study has been already established. We can now study the origin of humans. Part of the efforts in understanding the origins of man is finding out what makes us distinct and how we have made ourselves se...
Biotech Industry
by Kate Gardens.Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary subject. The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) considers biotechnology as the integration of natural sciences and organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. As we...
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Parapsychology and the Paranormal
by Sam Vaknin.I. IntroductionThe words "supernatural", "paranormal", and "parapsychology" are prime examples of oxymorons. Nature, by its extended definition, is all-inclusive and all-pervasive. Nothing is outside its orbit and everything that is logically and phy...
Tracking the Sexes by Their Genes
by Olivia Hunt.DNA contains the genetic instructions which make people the way they are. These genetic instructions are written in a four letter chemical alphabet: A (adenine), T (thymine), C (cytosine) and G (guanine). Researchers can just find a use for about 3% ...
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Simple things to do during heat wave
by Leo M.There are other minor effects on this heat wave but we must focus on the major destruction that this phenomenon taking us.There are lots of things or actions we could do during heat wave. If it happens, better be safe.One of the important thing is to...
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Melamine Toxicity Testing
by Andrew Stratton.Melamine (1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine) is a very useful organic trimer of cyanide, with the formula C3H6N6. It is used in the resins of many glues, plastics, as a plastic pigment and in some inks. It is relatively non-toxic (with a similar lethal d...
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Biodiesel Quality Purity Testing
by Andrew Stratton.Biodiesel and biofuel production is growing at an exponentially increasing rate as new test-bed plants and full production facilities are being approved every month across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At present, biofuel production is considered e...
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