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- 2461: The Peregrine Falcon
- ... 1960s the American falcon came close to extinction. Most of the damage was done by poisons that farmers used to kill insects. The worst poison was DDT. By the time naturalists learned of DDT's effect on wildlife, it was almost too late. The American peregrine's scientific name is Falco peregrinus anatum. At one time, people called this falcon a duck hawk. That was a poor name, since falcons aren ...
- 2462: The Human Genome Project
- ... in 1990, it was understood that achieving them would require a significant degree of improvement in the necessary technology. From the beginning, efforts to improve technologies were successful and those successes have had the continuous effect of changing the shape of the project. The 1990 plan was updated in 1993 by extending the initial goals and the scope of genome research. For advances to be made in the HGP all the ...
- 2463: Our Solar System at a Glance
- ... of the other planets. Approximately 96.5 percent of Venus' atmosphere (95 times as dense as Earth's) is carbon dioxide. The principal constituent of Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen. Venus' atmosphere acts like a greenhouse, permitting solar radiation to reach the surface but trapping the heat that would ordinarily be radiated back into space. As a result, the planet's average surface temperature is 482 degrees Celsius (900 degrees Fahrenheit ...
- 2464: Uranium: Nuclear Friend or Nuclear Foe
- ... that we could not even dream of. The choice me make must be the right decision because with that strong decision, we not only affect us, we do not only affect our specie, we may effect the fate of our world for the never ending expansion we call eternity. WORKS CITED Dolan, Edward. Nuclear Waste. United States: Dolan and Scariano, 1990. Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. CDrom. Microsoft, 1998. Enger, Eldon and Smith ...
- 2465: UFOs
- ... 5 years. (3) Termination of some people so that they could function as living sources for biological material and substances. (4) Termination of individuals who represent a threat to the continuation of their activity. (5) Effect genetic engineering experiments. (6) Impregnation of human females and early termination of pregnancies to secure the crossbreed infant. The U.S. Government was not initially aware of the far reaching consequences of their 'deal'. They ...
- 2466: The Search for Black Holes: Both As A Concept And An Understanding
- ... types of readings that could be read from the area in which the black hole is suspected to be in. Because a black hole floats wherever the star collapsed, the truth is, it can vastly effect the surrounding area, which might have other stars in it. It could also absorb a star and wipe it out of existance. When a black hole absorbs a star, the star is first pulled into ...
- 2467: The Roswell Incident
- ... no information on Roswell, UFOs, or extraterrestrial intelligence is being withheld, an Executive Order declassifying it would be a mere formality, as there would be nothing to disclose. The Order would, however, have the positive effect of setting the record straight once and for all. Years of controversy and suspicion would be ended, both in the eyes of the United States' own citizens and in the eyes of the world. If ...
- 2468: The Big Bang
- ... average density of matter forever. There are observational evidences found that can prove the Big Bang model is more reasonable than the Steady State model. First, the redshifts of distant galaxies. Redshift is a Doppler effect which states that if a galaxy is moving away, the spectral line of that galaxy observed will have a shift to the red end. The faster the galaxy moves, the more shift it has. If ...
- 2469: The Big Bang
- ... average density of matter forever. There are observational evidences found that can prove the Big Bang model is more reasonable than the Steady State model. First, the redshifts of distant galaxies. Redshift is a Doppler effect which states that if a galaxy is moving away, the spectral line of that galaxy observed will have a shift to the red end. The faster the galaxy moves, the more shift it has. If ...
- 2470: The Rain Forest - Example of a Flourishing Ecosystem
- ... the things around them to go on living. All of these species in some way or another either directly, or indirectly influence each other. A hole or damage in this system will then in turn effect the entire system in one way or another. The rainforest hosts an almost unlimited amount of species, and within these species includes over two thirds of the entire plant population. This is so because these ...
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