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- 1371: Victor Frankenstein and His Use of Science
- ... discoveries? Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone has a telephone company named after him, people have posters of Albert Einstein hanging on their walls, the story of Benjamin Franklin flying a kite in a rain storm with a key attached to the string and discovering electricity is told to young children in science classes. If all of these scientists are glorified for their discoveries why shouldn't Victor Frankenstein enjoy ...
- 1372: Essay on Metals
- ... of us are ever likely to encounter it and those who do will have other things to worry about than if it will stain their jewellery. (All super-masochistic claims about dipping pierced genitals in acid for pleasure will be scornfully disbelieved!) So "gold is forever". Pure gold will keep its shine no matter what and if truly pure it will not release any nickel or other contaminants into the bodies ...
- 1373: The Human Genome Project
- ... entire genetic material, or genome, of a human being ... it would grant insight into human biology previously held only by god.” (McMurry, 758) The plan was to create a map or library of human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). About the same time the United States government began taking an interest with the HGP. In the United States of America the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health were the main ...
- 1374: Our Solar System at a Glance
- ... about everywhere, preventing the formation of major plates and large earthquake faults like the San Andreas Fault in California. Venus' predominant weather pattern is a high-altitude, high-speed circulation of clouds that contain sulfuric acid. At speeds reaching as high as 360 kilometers (225 miles) per hour, the clouds circle the planet in only four Earth days. The circulation is in the same direction -- west to east -- as Venus' slow ...
- 1375: Uranium
- ... be finely ground and treated with a hot solution of caustic and potash to dissolve out the uranium, radium, and vanadium. And after the sandy matrix is washed away, the solution is treated with sulfuric acid and barium chloride. A caustic alkali solution is then added to the remaining clear liquid precipitates the uranium and radium into concentrated form. Chapter 3 Properties Uranium will melt at 1132 degrees Celsius, and boils ...
- 1376: Hereditary
- ... will have a blend of those genes. For example, a black rooster and a white hen mate, and the resulting offspring are gray. The same can be said for people. Genes are made of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA for short. DNA is shaped like a double helix, and, through combinations of adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine, a gene is made. DNA determines who you are and what your potential is. It ...
- 1377: The Influence Of Writers On Charles Darwin
- ... slow and gradual changes. Mountains, rivers, valleys, lakes, deserts, and coastlines were not the sudden result of cataclysms, but rather the result of purely natural forces, such as erosion by land, water, frost, ice, and rain. (Nelson & Jurmain., 1991, p.37) This theory was highly debated amongst the geologists of the time but Lyell's training in law allowed him to "marshal the facts of an argument, to weigh evidence and ...
- 1378: Current Status of Malaria Vaccinology
- ... Tox-A was produced by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Smithkline Pharmaceuticals and the Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute all working together. R32 Tox-A consisted of the recombinantly produced protein R32LR, amino acid sequence [(NANP)15 (NVDP)]2 LR, chemically conjugated to Toxin A (detoxified) if Pseudomanas aeruginosa. Each 0.4 ml dose of R32 Tox-A contained 320mg of the R32 LR-Toxin-A conjugate (molar ratio ...
- 1379: Comets and Asteroids
- ... into space to miss the comet. It would detonate off to the side, pushing it to one side, and saving life as we know it. If we were to blow up the comet, it would rain down on the earth in millions of fragments that may cause more damage than the original. The worst case comet is a large "retrograde" comet. That means that it is coming at us, not overtaking ...
- 1380: Hail
- Hail Hail is a form of precipitation that is formed under certain conditions. Hail can cause serious danger to people and property. Hail is rain packed into round or irregularly shaped pieces of ice called hailstones. Hailstones can be as small as a pea or as big as a grapefruit, sometimes even bigger than that. Most hailstones are about one ...
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