U.S. federal agencies exist to accomplish specific missions; for example, the Department of Defense (DoD) ensures national security, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…
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Biodiversity conservation is a vital task for humanity as IPBES (1, see section 3.2, pp. 196) recently stated once again. The principle of optimal biodiversity…
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Bone histology is, comparatively, a modern branch in paleontology. The techniques slowly started to be applied during the 1960s and 1970s on fossilized bones (Figure…
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China is an epicenter for some of the world’s most devastating natural disasters. Among them, Yellow River flooding affects one of the largest areas and…
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Opencast mines in South Africa are usually rehabilitated using soil that was stripped from the land prior to mining and stockpiled until it is needed…
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With the aged care sector under the spotlight and currently undergoing a Royal Commission in Australia, it is a timely reminder of the value that aged…
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Fusarium wilt, a plant disease caused by pathogenic strains of the soil fungus Fusarium oxysporum, affects over 100 crops including banana, tomato, ginger, cucumber, oil…
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The Lewis Dot Structure for carbon dioxide can be represented like this: o=C=o But what exactly does this mean? What is a Lewis Dot Structure,…
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In every cell of your body exists strands of DNA, wound into tightly coiled structures called chromosomes. Chromosomes are packets of genetic information that contain…
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Every second of each day, billions of chemical reactions are occurring in your body. These reactions extract energy from organic material to drive biological processes. In…
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How many days are in summer on average? This depends somewhat on how you define summer, whether you are referring to the astronomical season of…
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