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Geothermal Energy 2
<view this essay>.... to generate electricity, as described in the next section. Hot water may also emerge on the surface as hot springs or geysers (diagram: E). Utilizing geothermal energy not only contributes to our energy supply, but also reduces energy demand (through the use of geothermal pumps to heat and cool buildings, reducing the need for natural gas and other nonrenewable resources). It is unfortunate that only a small part of our geothermal resources are being used today.
Hot water, at temperatures between 300 and 700 degrees Fahrenheit, is brought from an underground reservoir to the surface and is converted to steam by using changes in pressure. The steam and li .....
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Chlamydial Infection
<view this essay>.... with subsequent neonatal eye infection or pneumonia. The annual cost of is estimated to exceed $2 billion.
Most s are silent, causing no symptoms. However, men and women with Chlamydia may experience abnormal genital discharge or pain during urination. These early symptoms may be mild. If symptoms occur, they usually appear within one or three weeks after exposure. Two of every three infected women and one or two of every four infected men have no symptoms whatsoever. As a result, often the disease may not be diagnosed and treated until complications develop.
Doctors estimate that, in women, one third of the s result in PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disea .....
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Lasers -
<view this essay>.... or so people, injuries to several hundred more, and millions of dollars in property damage, in the United States alone.
It is difficult to obtain accurate statistics on lightning injuries and fatalities since a systematic compilation of information on lightning casualties does not exist. Many case histories show heart damage. Inflated lungs and brain damage have also been observed from lightning fatalities. Loss of consciousness, amnesia, paralysis and burns are reported by many who have survived. Deaths and injuries to livestock and other animals, thousands of forest and brush fires, as well as millions of dollars in damage to buildings, communications sys .....
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Astrology
<view this essay>.... actually been around for many generations. (www..net/about.html, p.1) The actual science of can be dated to about six thousand or so years before the birth of Christ! (Woolfolk, p.297) The oldest chart dates back to 4,200 BC (Weblinkers.com Enterprises, p.1)
At this time, and religion went hand in hand with each other. (Woolfolk, p.297) Most astrologers were priests. (Woolfolk, p.297) Many people looked up to these astrologers as “taught men”. (www..net/about.html)
has had its ups and downs through history, but it always maintained that station of being. (www.astrologers.com/history.html# Relevant, p.1) After some aspects of religion became prevalent, .....
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Mercury 2
<view this essay>.... Mercury has been known since at least the time of the Sumerians. The Greeks gave Mercury two names: Apollo for its apparition as a morning star, and Hermes as an evening star. Greek astronomers knew, however, that the two names referred to the same body.
Since Mercury is a smaller planet, extremely close to the sun, and has no substantial atmosphere, it has the greatest temperature range of any planet or natural satellite in our solar system. The surface temperature on the side of Mercury closest to the Sun reaches 427 degrees Celsius, a temperature hot enough to melt tin. On the side facing away from the Sun, or the night side, the temperature drops to -1 .....
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Hawaiian Goose
<view this essay>.... can be seen in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park,
Mauna Loa, and Pu'u Wa'awa'a on the island of Hawaii; in Haleakala National Park
on Maui; and at the Kilauea National Wildlife Refuge, along the Na Pali coast
and outside Lihue on Kauai. Captive Nene can be seen at he Honolulu Zoo.
Designated Hawaii's State Bird on May 7, 1957, the Nene has endured a
long struggle against extinction. During the 1940s this species was almost
wiped out by laws which allowed the birds to be hunted during their winter
breeding seasons when the birds were most vulnerable. By 1957, when the Nene
was named the State Bird, rescue efforts were underway. Conservationists began .....
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Genome Project
<view this essay>.... one is produced in the laboratory, unbalances nature.
A clone is a cell, a group of cells, or an organism produced by asexual reproduction, which contains genetic information identical to the parent cell or organism. Although some organisms produce asexually naturally, the first artificial cloning by humans were plants developed from grafts and stem cuttings. Cloning involving very complex laboratory techniques is a relatively recent scientific advancement in today’s world. Among these is the , which involves the research and support of Physical Mapping and DNA Sequencing. This would enable Humans to reproduce babies that what most parents want. Co .....
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Historic Model Of Science
<view this essay>.... world, during the Enlightenment. This wonder aided in transforming scientists, philosophers and others among them into cultural heroes. Science became a part of home life, when in previous times science was seen as a threat to religion and thus proclaimed as wrong. Once science became a part of life and began to prove and bluntly say things that the bible and religion could not come near to explaining, it became the basis for fact. The ‘heroic model’ could easily be blamed for the breakdown of the religious-infested societies that plagued the world.
This became very important to everyone involved, which proved to be more people than expect .....
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