pdf |en | | Author: Randall Munroe

epub |eng | 2019-06-25 | Author:Paul Knoepfler & Julie Knoepfler [Paul Knoepfler]

Figure 4.9. A normal (control) mouse brain (left), and a brain from a mouse of the same age that lacks two Myc family genes, c-Myc and N-Myc (right). Both images ...

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azw3 |eng | 2012-09-05 | Author:Marc Abrahams [Abrahams, Marc]

Turn to page 16 of his patent, and you will see him answer the question, ‘And why?’ Parker quotes a 1999 complaint, waged by The Economist magazine, that publishing ‘has ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-08-30 | Author:Loren Eiseley [Eiseley, Loren]

FIVE How Human Is Man? Be not under any Brutal Metempsychosis while thou livest and walkest about erectly under the scheme of Man. —SIR THOMAS BROWNE OVER A HUNDRED years ...

epub |eng | 2016-10-24 | Author:Helen Keen

To create one–you just need a scaled-up, really tall human, right? Easy! Well, no. The ‘scaling up’ bit is exactly where we run into difficulties in the real world, thanks ...

epub |eng | 2016-04-29 | Author:Ariel Waldman [Ariel Waldman]

FOOD PLAY All astronauts play with their food. Why use your hands when you can catch floating snacks with your mouth? Some foods are a bit tricky though, as astronaut ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Scientist, New [Scientist, New]

Light bite Aero, a famous brand of chocolate bar, contains bubbles in a chocolate matrix. The bubbles are evenly sized and distributed throughout the whole bar. How do the manufacturers ...

epub |eng | 2009-12-21 | Author:Chad Orzel [ORZEL, CHAD]

“So how do I tunnel through the fence?” “Well, you could eat fewer treats, and get skinny enough to pass between the bars like the bunnies do.” “I don’t like ...

epub |eng | 2012-04-01 | Author:Phil Edwards [Edwards, Phil]

Used in the best adult signs, neon proves that even a gas can be very, very slimy. Argon: Surprisingly present in our atmosphere, argon is also used in imitation neon ...

epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2014-09-02 | Author:Randall Munroe [Munroe, Randall]

To act as a parachute, a balloon filled with air—rather than helium—would have to be 10 to 20 meters across, far too big to be inflated with portable tanks. A ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-20 | Author:Boese, Alex [Boese, Alex]

2. SEX Heart Rate During Intercourse In 1927 doctors Ernst Boas and Ernst Goldschmidt invented the cardiotachometer. This medical instrument allowed physicians to do something never before possible—measure the heart ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:John D. Barrow [Barrow, John D.]

Fig 8.3 Three possible futures for an oscillating universe: (a) An oscillating universe of many equal cycles. (b) The size of the expansion maximum should grow as the oscillations continue ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-12 | Author:Ben Miller [Miller, Ben]

I once met Francis Crick, one of the two men who famously figured out the structure and function of DNA. I was a graduate student at the Cavendish, and Rachel ...