... sizes of birds range from the tiny bee hummingbird, which has a total length of two and a half inches, to the albatross, which has a wing span of eleven and a half feet. The largest bird is a bird that cannot fly, the ostrich. Ostriches can stand almost eight feet high and can weigh near 350 pounds. Other extinct birds have been measured to stand over ten feet high. The evolution of birds is still being argued. Most people believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Because of birds mainly delicate bones, few fossils have been left behind for scientists to study. The earliest bird fossils come from archaeopteryx. The fossils that have been discovered from archaeopte ...

... they come to face (Crighton). Quantum mechanics, by definition, is a general mathematical theory dealing with the interactions of matter and energy in terms of observable quantities of quanta, small bundles of energy. Quanta are the fundamental building blocks of everything according to the (The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary). The spaces between these quanta are called quantum foam; it is through these spaces that entities are destroyed and simultaneously reconstructed by teleportation, thus “moving” the entities to different places in our universe and helping them travel to other universes. In the novel, scientists discover that the proves the existence ...

... Those who protest have debated on a list of concerns dealing with this issue. For example, one of which brings a question to the environmental policies. It states that Stimulating the resistance of cslve use or such herbicides (Nature 559). " A lot of concern has come from one certain crop and that is maize, which was altered to an extent. The development was done by a company known to be Swiss, called "Ciba-Geiby". That which was debated dealt with the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) stating that "A gene resistant to the antibiotic ampicillin used in an early stage of the developmental process, could theoretically be passed to man via ba ...

... are the indirect benefits reaped from the entire plant kingdom and its' more than 3 billion years of carrying out photosynthesis. Today the world's biomass is composed overwhelmingly of plants, which not only underpin all food webs but also modify climates and create and hold down soil, making what would otherwise be stony, sandy masses habitable for life. Cell Structure and Function The tremendous variety of plant species is, in part, a reflection of the many distinct cell types that make up individual plants. Fundamental similarities exist among all these cell types, however, and these similarities indicate the common origin and the interrelationships o ...

... professor. In 1500, Copernicus lectured in Rome and in the next year, obtained permission to study medicine at Padua. Before returning to Poland, he received a doctorate in canon law from the University of Ferrara. Copernicus lived with his uncle in his bishopric palace. While he stayed there he published his first book which was a translation of letters written by the 7th century writer, Theophylactus of Simocatta. After that he wrote an astronomical discourse that laid the foundation of his heliocentric theory; the theory that the sun is the center of our solar system. However, it was 400 years before it was published. After leaving his uncle, he wrote a ...

... or usage. Most people know what alcohol is, but not everyone knows its history, where it comes from, or how it is produced. Alcohol is a word derived from the Arabic al-kohl, which was a term used to describe eyeliner that Middle Eastern women wore. Later, the definition broadened to mean an exotic substance (Monroe 5-6). It was primarily used among ancient people for special ceremonies, magic, and medicine, and “by about 1500 BC, Egyptian doctors included beer or wine in about 15 percent of their medicines”(Monroe 8-9). Alcoholic beverages are produced through a process called fermentation using plants such as corn, rye, barley, potatoes, and grap ...

... from shores of Europe, a habitat where purple loosestrife thrived. Upon arrival in North America the ballast would be dumped overboard on the shoreline. By 1830 the plant was well established along the New England seaboard. Purple loosestrife seeds were also found in sheep and livestock feed that was imported from Europe during this period. This new organism was introduced to a new habitat free from traditional parasites, predators and competitors, purple loosestrife thrived in the environmental conditions and by 1880 was rapidly spreading north and west through the canal and marine routes. Purple loosestrife stands also increased due to the importation of seed ...

... status. Through reading the Holy Bible, and studying numerous science authorities, logical deductions can be made that would help one form his own opinion on the matter. One might go so far to say as science and the Bible are God’s most basic forms of communication with the human; thus scientific deduction of the Bible should allow us to solve the mystery of man’s and the universe’s origins. A very highly debated topic within the bigger argument is, “What started it all?” Creationists believe that God merely spoke all that we know into existence, but evolutionists prefer to believe a massive, random explosion spawned the cosmos. Obviously, a middle-grounder ...

... Marine Conservation sponsored a nation-wide beach clean-up. Volunteers collected over 7 million pieces of trash.1 The worst offenders are commercial ships. The world fleet of commercial boats dump over 5,550,000 plastic, metal, and glass containers into the ocean in a single day.2 The most harmful of these is plastic. Sea mammals such as birds and dolphins often get tangled in the plastic six-pack rings, fishing lines, and net that humans discard into the ocean waters. Once entangled, they are unable to free themselves which can cause deep cuts, starvation, and drowning. Many ocean mammals have died as a result of ingesting these plastic items. In 1985, a sperm wha ...

... shopping, and the little ones were at playgrounds with their mothers. Day in and day out townspeople would drive by the military without giving it much thought. However, this day, in Roswell, New Mexico would change the course of history, and how the public thinks of themselves, God and the outer limits of space! Roswell New Mexico was in the middle of the desert. Here was a vast open land where one could see miles around. On this afternoon something very strange was about to happen. In the clear skies of Roswell a very large craft ended its flight. Was this a weather balloon or an Unidentified Flying Object? There were many eye-witness reports of ...