What Sugar Is Found In RNA And DNA?
The sugar found in RNA is ribose, whereas the sugar found in DNA is deoxyribose, both of which are 5-carbon sugars. Both types of sugars…
Read more
Nucleosides Vs Nucleotides
The difference between nucleosides vs. nucleotides involves the presence or absence of a phosphate group. A nucleoside consists of a nucleobase and a sugar (ribose…
Read more
100 Fun Trivia Questions For Kids
Check out these fun trivia questions for your kids, especially since summer is the time of year when children have more time of their hands….
Read more
New Sparkling ‘Rainbow’ Dinosaur Was Just Discovered By A Farmer in China
Dinosaurs are a marvel that continuously fascinates us. They are remanents of a past long gone and a place that we can never truly see with…
Read more
Ancient Skull Found In China Could Change The History Of Humans
To understand the evolution and history of humans takes time and considerable resources. Among those resources are fossil records of ancient humans and other human-like…
Read more
Microplastics Pollution: Scientists On The Road To Consensus
Microplastics (plastic particles smaller than <5 mm) are an ever-increasing problem around which discoveries of important and unpredicted consequences to society and nature are occurring…
Read more
After 37 Years Voyager 1 Just Fired Up Its Thrusters For Another Mission
Space is one of humanity’s last frontier and a place we are eager to explore. As we prep many different missions to explore our solar…
Read more
Electron Configuration Chart Of Elements
An electron configuration chart is a tabular representation of patterns in the electron configuration of elements as one goes down the periodic table of elements. An…
Read more
What Do Catfish Eat?
Catfish eat a wide range of plants and animals but primarily eat insects, water beetles, small fish, plants, algae, crawfish, snails, and just about anything…
Read more
Meiosis: Metaphase 2, Anaphase 2, Prophase 2
Meiosis refers to the process by which a single diploid cell divides into 4 haploid cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell. Meiosis is…
Read more
Recent Giant Python Attacks Will Increase As Deforestation Increases
The reticulated python is one of the strongest and longest snakes in the world. The snake coils around its prey and squeezes it to death,…
Read more