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The Amazon Rainforest covers approximately 2,650,000 square miles of land in South America, more than one third of the entire continent. It is full of natural resources, such as fruits, vegetables, pharmaceuticals derived from plants, oils used for perfumes and detergents, and woods. Comprised of the largest collection of living plant and animal species in the world, this rainforest is also home to hundreds of indigenous tribes, each with their own language, culture, and territory(USA TODAY,…

Tardigrades are fascinating organisms that the greater understanding of has potential to lead to advances in medicine, such as by allowing for increased tolerance of radiation in human cells (Hashimoto et al. 2016), and the cryopreservation of organs for transplantation (Kletetschka and Hruba 2015). Perhaps, it may even allow living people to be preserved so that they may undergo long-distance space travel without aging, and thereby may enable colonization of other planets. Anything that may…

Five Research Articles on Biodiversity Succession in Ecology: Summaries Article 1: “Effects of nitrogen deposition on soil and vegetation in primary succession stages in inland drift sands” What kind of system was being considered? -They studied the Inland drift sands in the areas of the Netherlands. They specifically looked and studied at the Drethe, Veluwe, Utrecht, Brabant, and along Meuse. They wanted to consider how plants grow and develop during succession. The author’s hypothesis: -The…

technology by combating his addiction: More to the point, what kind of man have I become? The kind who walks, head down, furiously typing his thumbs, from a beach in paradise? Who answers his cellphone in the middle of a romantic dinner? Who sits like lichen on a stump listening to a conference call from Hawaii because he doesn’t want to miss anything back home? No I said to myself. I would have to unplug. (Bing…

WHITE SPONGE NEVUS- A RARE ENTITY Abstract White sponge nevus (WSN) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that results in soft, white, and spongy plaques in the oral cavity. The buccal mucosa is the most commonly affected site, followed by lips, alveolar ridges and floor of the mouth. The histopathologic features of WSN include epithelial thickening, hyperkeratosis and vacuolization of the keratinocytes in the suprabasal layers. Because of lack of clinical complaint, no treatment has been…

The blue midnight sky was glistening with infinite stars that lay above my slanted head as I watched the twilight moon above me. Glancing down my hand, catching sight of the time gave me the realization that this was actually happening. Months of preparation, years of mental training and the day had come faster than ever. My mind and heart were trapped in the though and mission of protecting and defending my country, the country that gave me everything and was everything. I was 22, they call me…

Smoking cigarettes is the leading cause of death in the United States and it is very dangerous to people’s health. There are also many side effects to this action and the use over the years has led to many dangerous side effects such as cancer, halitosis, and heart disease. Nicotine and cigarettes have been around for a very long time though and in use since Native Americans grew tobacco. While there are people everyday trying to quit this habit, it has so many addictive factors, a lot of people…

to it, the more dangerous your neighbors are” (Palumbi 123). Indefinitely, it is not an easy life for the organisms that exist surrounding and within tidal zones. Species in the splash zone and higher intertidal zone such as Cyanobacteria, Snails, Lichens, Algae, and Barnacles live farthest from the ocean because otherwise their fragile physiques would become immobilized due to the vast weight of rippling oceanic waves. Harsh environmental conditions on both levels make living stressful due to…

If you lived in a world where you had absolutely no control over anything but it was perfect, would you go insane? You’d become unhappy. This would eventually lead to sadness that would deepen into depression. Depression can also lead into insanity. A world of perfection, paradise, Nirvana, doesn’t exist seeing as every person has a distinct paradise in mind. Within every perfection, there is a flaw making the perfect society imaginary. Every human being is able to possess a dark twisted mind. A…

This is one way in which energy is transferred between organisms in an ecosystem. The energy is used for a number of life processes. In a food chain only around 10 per cent of the energy is passed on to the next level. The rest of the energy passes out of the food chain in a number of ways: 1. via heat energy 2. is used for life processes (for example movement) 3. uneaten parts that pass to decomposers 4. is excreted and passes to decomposers. As less energy is transferred at each level…