Biological Sciences
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:David Quammen

55 During the late 1960s and early 1970s, scientists began to realize that the implications of horizontal gene transfer go far beyond the problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Those ...
( Category: Evolution August 15,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-10 | Author:Ball, Matt [Ball, Matt]

Quoting Myself The Magic of Compounding Change from The Animal Activist's Handbook by Matt Ball and Bruce Friedrich 2009 Imagine that there are just 50,000 vegetarians right now (there are ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 14,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-24 | Author:Michael Terman Ph.D.

Novelty of the Approach—and Obstacles The benefits of triple chronotherapy are obvious and great, but what about the costs? Like anything new, triple chronotherapy involves some adaptations. It calls for ...
( Category: Diseases & Physical Ailments August 14,2018 )
epub |eng | 2018-05-13 | Author:Torre, Dan

The Evil Cactus Anthropomorphism can be used to emphasize particular traits inherent to the object. In the case of the cactus plant, this can include its menacing spines and strange ...
( Category: Gardening & Landscape Design August 14,2018 )
epub |eng | 2001-10-11 | Author:Julia Annas [Annas, Julia]

* * * Differing views of Socrates ‘Mankind can hardly be too often reminded, that there was once a man named Socrates, between whom and the legal authorities and public ...
( Category: Philosophy August 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-27 | Author:David C. Catling [Catling, David C.]

An inside view of terrestrial life: the cell We have just considered biology on a global scale but under the microscope all organisms are composed of cells of different types ...
( Category: Astronomy & Space Science August 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-21 | Author:Ellen Gunter [Gunter, Ellen]

The Dangers of Lost Seed Diversity The calamity that can ensue when our rich seed diversity is lost became painfully obvious in the 1840s during the time called the Great ...
( Category: Evolution August 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2015-06-09 | Author:Tao Orion

Everyone Gardens “We are all indigenous to this planet, this garden we are being called on by nature and history to reinhabit in good spirit. To restore the land one ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Chris Pellant

Group Native elements Composition Sb Crystal System Trigonal/hexagonal Habit Tabular or pseudo-cubic, acicular; massive, lamellar, granular Cleavage Perfect Fracture Uneven Specific Gravity 6.7 Hardness 3 to 3½ Colour Grey, silver-grey ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 12,2018 )
epub |eng | 2009-08-10 | Author:Dale A. Russell

Ode to Bacteria Biomass of multicellular organisms dominates the most fertile regions on the planetary surface, and through photosynthesis it supplies nearly all of the energetic needs of life on ...
( Category: Evolution August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:David Helvarg

If no such a group operates in your area, start one with friends and neighbors. Begin by educating yourselves: contact some of the wetlands groups listed in the Resources directory ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-21 | Author:Stephen F. Arno & Stephen Allison-Bunnell [Arno, Stephen F.]

Fire-Initiated Age Classes of Trees When a fire heavily thins or kills a forest, a flush of new tree regeneration is likely to follow. You can identify such a cohort ...
( Category: Biological Sciences August 11,2018 )
epub, pdf | | 2012-02-08 | Author:Diana Reiss [Reiss, Diana]

6. Through the Looking Glass THE DANCER IN ME was quite captivated as I watched Presley perform a bizarre sequence of horizontal swirls. He was lying below the water's surface ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-03-13 | Author:Bradford Angier

PRICKLY PEAR Opuntia FAMILY: Cactus (Cactaceae) COMMON NAMES: Eastern Prickly Pear, Western Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus, Plains Cactus, Opuntia, Devil’s Tongue, Tuna, Beavertail, Nopal, Slipper Thorn, Indian Fig. CHARACTERISTICS: ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology August 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-25 | Author:Laura Childs

A lack of water, sullied water, or dirty water buckets can result in health problems. Some are fatal. Water buckets must be kept clean. Watering bowls or buckets need to ...
( Category: Engineering August 11,2018 )