After graduating in 1831 with a respectable degree in theology from Cambridge, Charles Darwin went on to pursue his life-long interest in the natural world. Much to his father’s dismay, the 22-year old graduate joined a British Naval mapping expedition…
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No, space exploration does not disprove evolution. Indeed, my first reaction on seeing this title was complete bafflement. Evolution holds that the characteristics of animals have come about through there being advantages to those characteristics. If a long beak provides…
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Evolution is a controversial yet magnificent theory which begins to analyse the living world in which we live and view it for what it once was and what it has the potential to become. Evolution is of course a theory…
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Anyone who has seen a meerkat knows how adorable and cuddly they look. However, they probably don’t know much about the social structure of a group, or “mob,”as it is known. Mobs can contain 30 or more meerkats. Meerkats live…
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Well Thysanura are basically a type of insect that have been around since the primitive existence of man. They are four kinds of Thysanura, the Lepidotrichidae which come in two species the Lepidothrix Pilifera from the Baltic Amber region of…
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No, space exploration has not disproved evolution. Firstly there is so much evidence that evolution is real on Earth that unless by space exploration we found out that the universe itself was created by a god or godlike being, we…
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Cell membranes are crucial to cell proliferation and survival. The cell membrane is not only a protective barrier that surrounds the cell but it also allows passage of essential molecules to and from the cell. The cell membrane is made…
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The American black bear is the most known and common bear species in North America, even ranging as far as Northwest Canada, and even as down south as Mexico. These bears are a very close relative to the Asiatic black…
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The aye-aye is an endangered species of nocturnal lemur that lives only on the island of Madagascar. With its huge eyes, rat-like teeth, grotesquely long middle toes and scruffy coat and the unfortunate tendency to urinate on anyone that frightens…
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The American black bear (Ursus americanus) at one time roamed nearly every one of the continental US states, as well as most Canadian provinces. This species is still the most populous bear in the US, though it has a more…
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