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A Massive Project For The Benefit Of Mankind: A Look At The Human Genome Project

... being conducted by more than 200 laboratories, with even more researchers and labs having joined in. Most of the labs and researchers are located in France and the United States. The project started in 1990 and was slated to take 15 years and cost $3 billion in U.S. money for the entire project coming to roughly $200 million per year. Federal funding for the project is nearly 60% of the annual need. This has created some funding problems for the project. There also have been technological advances and discoveries that have helped to ...

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Phosphorus: Chemical Reactions Of Phosphorus And Its Importance

... sulfate(alum) in combination with wastewater can flocculate phosphorus. The Flocculation that happens with aluminum sulfate addition is the formation of aluminum phosphate particles that attach themselves to one another and become heavy and settle to the bottom of a clarifier. The aluminum sulfate and phosphorus mixture can then be withdrawn, thereby removing the phosphate or phosphorus from the wastewater flow. Industrial Applications: The application of this reaction to the industrial world consists of a set of processes to filter ou ...

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American Pit Bull Terrier

... wanted me to give her back. I couldn't understand why. So I looked into them. I bought books and did some research on the Internet trying to learn as much as I could about this misunderstood breed. I did this also to educate my parents and to tell them some facts and myths of the APBT. After some extensive plead bargaining with them and some facts and pictures, they finally gave in and let me keep her. Well, not really though. I say that because my father of all people fell in love with "Molly" as she is now known. He has said on man ...

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Acid Rain

... and may other mid Atlantic states, but they are seeing a large decrease in the acidity in their precipitation. The whole process of the formation of is there are several potential reactions that can affect the oxidation of sulfur in the atmosphere, everyone with a different success. The second possibility is the reaction of sulfur dioxide with the atmosphere. Here are a few equations: 1. (2So2+O2 2So3 2) So3++120 H 2So4 The second reaction takes place very quickly. Therefore, the making of So3 in the damp atmosphere is assumed to be the ...

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Dna

... strands composed of a large number of nucleotides, that are linked together to form a chain. These chains look like a twisted ladder and are called a double helix. Each nucleotide consists of three units: sugar molecules called deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and one of four different nitrogen containing compounds, also called bases. The four are adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The deoxyribose molecule occupies the center of the nucleotide, with the phosphate group on one side and a base on the other. The phosphate gro ...

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The Human Cloning Controversy

... Vere states that what been imagined has been misleading: They gave the people the idea that human clones would be mindless zombies, Frankenstein monsters, or 'doubles.' This is all nonsense. Human clones would be human beings like you and me . . . They would be carried and delivered after nine months by a human mother . . . Consequently, a clone twin will be [years] younger than the original person. (1) Whether or not scientists should or should not clone humans is a tough question to answer. Legally, are scientists able to make ...

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Homo Aquaticus?

... are biochemically (DNA) and therefore probably phylogenetically (evolution relationships), more alike than chimps and gorillas. But the brains of chimps and humans differ in size and anatomy more than gorillas and chimps. The brains of chimps and gorillas probably didn't go through many evolutionary innovations, because they generally resemble other ape and monkey brains. This implies that the human brain changed a lot after the human/chimp evolution. With the exception of the olferactory bulb (scent), all brain structures are la ...

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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried Eating Them Away

... the place of the organism, and the host becomes the soldiers. There are several examples of the parasitic nature of war through out the book. In one particular section, Tim O'Brien returns to Vietnam with his daughter. Twenty years had gone by, but it seems as though all of his thoughts are geared back to the time he had spent in the jungle so long before. The two of them travel all over the country, but before their departure, he returns to the field where he feels he lost everything. On this list he includes his honor, his best friend, ...

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Nuclear Powernuclear Power

... they are limited. Fossil fuels are developed from the remains of plants and animals that died millions of years ago. Burning fossil fuels has other downfalls, too. All the burning that is required to turn the turbines releases much sulfur, nitrogen gases, and other pollutants into the atmosphere. The cleanest, cheapest, and least polluting power plant of the two types is the hydroelectric power plant. The main reason most countries use thermal versus the hydroelectric is because their countries don’t have enough concentrat ...

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Hypothermia

... risk, if it drops below it is called . It can occur rapidly, during cold water immersion with the temperature of the water at around 10 degrees Celsius and below. It depends on how long the person is immersed. Safety experts estimate that half of all drowning victims actually die from the fatal effects of cold water, or , and not from water filled lungs. A person can be exposed to when they are in cold weather and improperly dressed or submerged in cool water for a long period of time. There are even reported cases of elderly people ...

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Evolution Or Ignorance

... or another going to have to take a science class. Science, being the main topic of discussion in this class, should at one point include evolution, because that is what evolution is, a science. Although to truly understand evolution in its fullest context, one must not look to a dictionary, for dictionary definitions just are too vague. One of the most respected evolutionary biologists has defined biological evolution as follows: "In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political ...

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Cheetah

... and fewer than 15,000 s are left in all of Africa. In the s territory scientists believe that s originated in southern Asia. A very few can still be found there and in Asia, but today most s live on the vast plains of Africa. There, they have plenty of room to run and keep track of their prey. At the same time, the tall grasses provide the cover to hunt successfully. territory is also likely to include lightly wooded areas where the s can rest safely and keep their cubs out of harm's way. The parry grass helps the in several ways it is o ...

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