The deepest spot on Earth is the Mariana Trench. Here an active community of bacteriaand organisms thrive and survive. This leads researchers to believe that in other ocean trenches there are hot spots of microbial life. Life in the ocean…
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Every living organism needs energy to survive. Energy can be gained by consuming food. There are two main ways living organisms can get food and they are grouped as either being an autotroph or heterotroph. Autotrophs, also known as producers,…
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What if the most important aspects of life were taken away? For example, imagine two ordinary human beings that are exactly alike at the beginning. One will grow up and have all of the rights and privileges a human gets…
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One of the burning questions that animal rights activists might be tempted to ask is: What does a zookeeper do with a bored orangutan? Well, that question was answered when Michigan-born wildlife activist Richard Zimmerman suggested giving iPads to apathetic…
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It might surprise you to know, but insects, those tiny pesky creatures capable of ruining a picnic, are more beneficial to the planet than are humans. Of all the known life forms currently on Earth, more than half are insects….
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The Osprey gets its common name from the latin word ossifragus, which means “bone breaker”. Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are commonly referred to as fish hawks. They get this name because most of their diet consists of live fish. In fact,…
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In cell biology, respiration is defined as the process of liberating energy from fuel molecules then storing it in a more accessible form, namely the high-energy phosphate bonds of the molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate). This process can occur anaerobically (without…
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While the exact number of species that are lost to extinction each year is unknown, it is believed to be at least 200 to 2,000 species each year. This is an extinction rate that far exceeds the natural rate expected…
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The structure of leaves has evolved over time to make the maximum use of the plant’s surface space in order to produce the nutrients that the plant needs in order to survive. Within the leaves photosynthesis takes place, which produces…
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The field of medicine has improved greatly with the recent advancement of science and technology. Diseases that were thought to be incurable are now cured with these new discoveries. Gene therapy and nanotechnology are two of the latest technologies that…
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