... prevents hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), by binding adrenergic receptors in the hormone releasing cells of the pancreas. Epinephrine is called the “fight” or “flight” hormone. The actions of epinephrine and norepinephrine are generally similar, although they differ from each other in their effects. Norepinephrine constricts almost all blood vessels. Norepinephrine is formed by intravenous infusion to combat the fall in blood pressure associated with types of shock. Norepinephrine is formed in the body from the amino acid tyrosine, and epinephrine is formed from norepinephrine. Mineralocorticoids steroids control the overall body fluid. Mineralocorticoid ...

... alien nestmates with no risk of being rejected by their foster parents. MASTERS OF DISGUISE Things aren't always as they seem, and nowhere is this more true than in nature, where dozens of animals (and plants) spend their time masquerading as others. So clever are their disguises that you've probably never known you were being fooled by spiders impersonating ants, squirrels that look like shrews, worms copying sea anemones, and roaches imitating ladybugs. There are even animals that look like themselves, which can also be a form of impersonation. The phenomenon of mimicry, as it's called by biologists, was first noted in the mid-1800s by an English natur ...

... Among this generation, the idea of God as the creator, or even a God period, has almost desisted. In this essay, I hope to present to you why science should not exempt this supernatural phenomenon from their studies. The "Big Bang Theory" states that fifteen billion years ago, give or take five billion years, the entirety of our universe was compressed into the confines of an atomic nucleus. Known as a singularity, this is the moment before creation when space and time did not exist. According to the prevailing cosmological models that explain our universe, an ineffable explosion, trillions of degrees in temperature on any measurement scale, that was infinitely ...

... tops the list. Carnegie Mellon University reports, "recruitment of its software engineering students is up this year by over 20%." All engineering jobs are paying well; proving that highly skilled labor is what employers want! "There is clear evidence that the supply of workers in the [unskilled labor] categories already exceeds the demand for their services," says L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. "The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive ...

... gene pool is large, the better it will represent the gene pool of the previous generation. If it is small, its gene pool may not be accurately represented in the next generation due to sampling error. Genetic drift usually occurs in small populations that contain less than 100 individuals, but in large populations drift may have no significant effect on the population. Another mechanism is gene flow which is when a population may gain or lose alleles by the migration of fertile individuals between populations. This may cause the allele frequencies in a gene pool to change and allow the organism to evolve. The most obvious mechanism would have to be mutation that a ...

... fusion with hydrogen. Most Helium comes from natural gas taps in North America. It is used in balloons and divers use it with oxygen to breath easier and to not get sick or dizzy. Neon is an element that is lighter than air. The element is found most common in the atmosphere of the earth. It is also found in the earth’s crust. Sir Walter Ramsey and Morris W. Travers discovered it in 1898. Its uses include electric signs, lamps, and lasers. Argon is the most abundant and most used noble on earth. Sir Walter Ramsey discovered it by Lord Rayleigh and in 1894. Argon makes up about 1.2 % of the earths atmosphere. It is found naturally in rock and in the air. It ...

... of energy in the future. There are many things that we must take into consideration before can be a possibility for a human resource. I will be discussing some of these issues, questions, and problems. In the beginning when the solar system was young, the earth was still forming, things were very different. A great mass of elements swirled around a dense core in the middle. As time went on the accumulation elements with similar physical properties into hot bodies caused a slow formation of a crystalline barrier around the denser core. Hot bodies consisting of iron were attracted to the core with greater force because they were more dense. These hot bodies su ...

... since a systematic compilation of information on casualties does not exist. Many case histories show heart damage. Inflated lungs and brain damage have also been observed from 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 systems, power lines, and electrical systems are also the result of . Finally, the threat of causes many work stoppages and lost production increasing the time and cost required to prepare NASA spacecraft for flight. Benjamin Fr ...

... point four percent of Earth's, and radius only eighteen percent of Earth's it is quite a small planet.It has a density of one hundred ninety nine percent almost twice water. Plutos environment is one of a cold desolate place.The tempeture ranges from a frigid negative two hundred twenty three to negative two hundred thirty three degrees Celsius which converts to negative three hundred sixty nine and negative three hundred eighty nine degrees farenhiet.Its extremely frigid tempetures are due to its obvious distance from the sun.Its atmosphere consists of nothing more than methane.Plutos thin atmosphere also contributes greatly to its extremely low atmospheric pr ...

... mean any aerial phenomena not readily explainable (Doherty 129). Meteors, planets, rockets, stars, artificial satellites, and weather balloons are often the explanations behind UFOs (Doherty 17). The theory, however, that UFOs come from outer space is called the extraterrestrial hypothesis. The only problem with this theory is the distance involved in interstellar travel. Another hypothesis on the nature of UFOs is the demonic force hypothesis. It states that the UFOs represent demons coming to earth for the final battle between good and evil (Randle 112). The not so widely accepted theory is that of hallucination/dream. Its major debunker is that mass hallucinatio ...