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- 3701: Chemistry Hits The Beach
- ... This was a good absorber of UVB light, but didn't bode well with UVA. It's other problems included it's solubility, it's tendency to irritate skin and to stain clothing. The next big break through didn't occur until the 1970s when the carboxylic acid group was functionalised with a long chain aliphatic alcohol. This change had no effect on it's absorption factor, but it was suddenly ...
- 3702: Cannabis Sativa
- ... malls, and not just at Head shops, companies from all different areas of the fashion industry are coming into hemp, and its not just fashion, cosmetics companies are interested as well. "the fact that these big companies are using hemp, shows were not just a small-cottage thing run by a bunch of hippies who want to legalize pot which has been the stigma which has been put on hemp in ...
- 3703: Computers That Mimic The Human Mind
- ... than any other program(Boden). In her article “Artificial Genius” Boden states “Hofstadter believes that capturing the processes that make up creative thinking in a computer program is possible, given that computer could be made big enough and fast enough to rival the vast complexity of the human brain.” Artificial intelligence experts are starting to mimic the human brains function of learning. Scientists at MIT are trying to create a machine ...
- 3704: Computer Programming
- ... some supervisory responsibilities had annual earnings of about $40,000. Programmers holding supervisor or team leader positions in a company may earn up to $55,000, so a few years of experience can make a big difference in a programmer's salary. In the federal government, the starting salary for programmers with a college degrees or some training experience was about $19,500 a year. When making a job choice and ...
- 3705: Black Holes
- ... emit this radiation comes from the black hole’s mass, thus shrinking the black hole. Gradually, a black hole wears itself out into nothing. Stephen Hawkings introduced this idea in the 1970s. Hollywood has a big effect on the way we view astronomy, and one of the more recent anomalies taken over by Hollywood is the possibility of the "wormhole". Before you can understand what a wormhole is, you must understand ...
- 3706: Computer Graphics
- ... Last Starfighter, and frightened by the financial failure of virtually the entire industry, Hollywood steered clear of computer graphics for several years. Behind the scenes, however, it was building back and waiting for the next big break. The break materialized in the form of a watery creation for the James Cameron 1989 film, The Abyss. For this film, the group at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) created the first ...
- 3707: Common Cold
- ... a person could catch a cold. Acute stress lasting maybe only a few minutes, can lead to colds. The important thing, said Dr. Stone, is that a number of little stresses accumulate to produce a big, cold-inducing whammy. Rarely people blame the cause of the cold on acute stress, but it could happen and people don't know about it. Similar to acute stress, chronic stress is also a cause ...
- 3708: Cloning And Embryo Research
- ... Par. 22). Genetic diseases and disorders can be taken out before birth. Also with this breakthrough, people may become closer to genetic perfection, if society is ready. Although scientists have only begun, this is a big step in the direction of cloning. Works Cited Adler, T. “Bidding Bye-Bye to the Black Sheep?” Science News Online 23 Sept. 1999 . Benoit, B. HUMAN CLONING AND RE-ENGINEERING. 29 Feb. 1996. Deltapoint, Inc ...
- 3709: Caffeine
- ... you decide you want to give up caffeine, do it gradually. It is easy for young people to get too much caffeine. Their bodies are smaller, so even a small amount of caffeine has a big affect on them. Cand everyday food and drink such as cola drinks, brownies, chocolate candy, hot cocoa and chocolate milk are only a few that are hard to stay away from. Caffeine is less habit ...
- 3710: Condor
- ... next breeding season. Like all vultures, condors are carrion-eaters. They prefer large dead animals like deer, cattle, and sheep, but will also eat rodents and more rarely, fish. If a meal has been particularly big, they may have to spend hours on the ground or a low branch before they can take off again. Condors are fastidious birds -- after eating, they clean their heads and necks by rubbing them on ...
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