Aquatic ape hypothesis

As of the 21st century, it is no longer controversial to believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life. While in the 16th century, a belief that life existed beyond Earth and its atmosphere may have led to a public execution (like it did for astronomer, Giordano Bruno), the same belief is held by 54% of Americans today. Given the evidence gathered through advanced space exploration and technology, the scientific community, as well as the general population, is more inclined to believe in…

Much of the world believes that God is nonexistent. Much of society deems the splendor and majesty of creation to be nothing more than a coincidence. In A Designed Universe, author Robert C. Newman, Ph.D., covers four topics: The Right Chemistry, The Right Environment, The Right Universe, and finally, Explaining the Design. In those four sections, Dr. Newman describes the perfection of God’s creation, and how life would not exist had it been created even slightly differently. From the amount…

t-test of Male and Female Exam Results Equal variances were assumed as male and female variances are similar. The null hypothesis, that the difference between male and female results was 0, was not rejected (0.50 is greater than 0.05 at 5% significance) for the alternative hypothesis, that the difference between male and female results would be greater than 0. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence that males outperform females on exams. The effect…

In this project, I will analyze the problem of gender inequality in terms of labor income. This problem is important in our society because people with same background and same experience should be treated the same in the same working environment. Women should not be judged based on their biological gender. The data sample used in this project is working individuals between ages 25 and 54 from Current Population Survey, 2012. Sample size contains 999 observations. I will first discuss the…

In late August, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute revealed that they had detected a strange signal that was 94 light years away from Earth. During the time of the signal’s discovery, senior astronomer for SETI, Seth Shostak, could only describe the signal as “interesting”. However, he rhetorically asks, “Could it be another society sending a signal our way?” Shostak, like many other scientists who had heard about the mysterious SETI signal, had hoped for signs of…

Table 4.2 System suitability results for Lamivudine, Zidovudine and Nevirapine Parameters Lamivudine Zidovudine Nevirapine Retention time 2.327 2.864 5.608 Area 212473 338930 228426 USP Plate count 2715.09 3350.07 4979.51 USP Tailing 1.38 1.32 1.18 4.3.1.2 Linearity A linear correlation coefficient factor was obtained between the concentrations of Lamivudine, Zidovudine and Nevirapine versus the peak area. The calibration curves were linear for concentrations between 15-150 µg/mL. The linearity…

A0130036Y Method 1: Box Plot The question asks if Road Handling is part and parcel of Practicality, i.e. whether road handling is an essential component influencing/affecting another data group, practicality. Thus, road handling is taken to be the independent variable, x, and is ranked from the lowest to the highest score. The data is split into 5 groups, Group 1 and 5 containing the lowest-ranked and highest-ranked road handling scores, respectively. Group 1 2 3 4 5 Median 4.58 4.585 4.455…

6.5 Granger Causality Granger causality statistics determine whether past values of one variable helps to predict another variable. For example, if the lagged value of the independent variable X, help in predicting the value of the explanatory variable Y_(t+1), then X granger causes the Y. On the other hand, if the independent variable X does not help to predict Y, then the coefficients on the lags of X will all be zero in the reduced form Y equation. 7. Empirical results 7.1 Optimal lag…

The text mentions “how in 1994, Roese proposed that thinking counterfactually simply is functional in two ways such as; preparative function (for which helps us to avoid the recurrence of negative outcomes) and affective function (thinking in ways to help individuals feel better)” (Chapter 6, pg. 62). The text also mentions about “how when one or any individual fails to achieve a goal, it can often lead to a negative affect which in turn can either activate upward or downward counterfactual…

Study Site We conducted this study at the Scientific Station at Las Joyas (Estación Cientifica Las Joyas) (19o35’20.7”N, 104o15’52.1”W) in the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, Jalisco, Mexico. Elevation reaches about 2400m above sea level. The forests transition from dry-deciduous, pine-oak, and cloud, as the elevation increases. Study Species We studied a white flowered plant with green berries and un-toothed leaves (most likely Solanum schlechtendalianum) from the genus Solanum, as it…