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How do polar bears keep warm ?

Polar bears are found in very cold parts of the world where temperatures can drop as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-29 degrees Celsius). Without proper protection, this weather can be ......
Last Update: 2009-11-09 Views: 104
how serious is a pituitary tumor? are there life threatening issues if left unattended? pros and cons to gamma knife procedure

Pituitary Tumorsby John R. Mangiardi, M.D. and Howard Kane, Wm.  The pituitary gland is a half-breed in many ways. It is not really a part of the brain, but rather hangs ......
Last Update: 2009-10-05 Views: 130
I took chantix for three months and did not quit smoking, but i went from a pack a day to a pack every 4-5 days. I didn\'t experience side affects and i appreciated what chantix did for me. can i safely take chantix again now that i feel i am absolutely ready to quit?

CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR - THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE  Chantix is used as a smoking cessation medicine or treatment. It is used together with behavior modification and counseling support to help you stop ......
Last Update: 2009-10-05 Views: 117
If someone is blind from birth, can they still see images in their dreams?

Visual stimulus is necessary for the wiring of the brain centers that process and interpret vision. The way the brain works is to develop, early in life, a huge number of ......
Last Update: 2008-06-05 Views: 2234
Does an earth worm have any organs?

Earthworm is the usual name for the largest members of Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, ......
Last Update: 2008-05-30 Views: 586
What would happen if the food chains or webs had no scavengers or decomposers?

    If there were no decomposers and scavengers then all the nutrients would be trapped in the remnants of formerly living creatures. Thus without the nutrients that would remain in the ......
Last Update: 2008-01-12 Views: 716
how is paper made?

There are two ways to make paper are chemical and mechanical. Chemical process use chemicals to break down the lignin in wood pulp. This process preserves fiber length and makes stronger ......
Last Update: 2008-01-10 Views: 667
is plastic recycling bad for the environment?

Recycling plastic is not bad for the environment in fact it’s exactly the opposite. Plastics are for the most part made from oil. The less new plastic we need to create, ......
Last Update: 2008-01-04 Views: 694
Why do people sometimes have red eyes in photographs?

The light from the flash of a camera happens so fast that the iris of the eye is unable to close the pupil in time to block the light of the ......
Last Update: 2008-01-04 Views: 703
What exactly is ball lightning?

Well the short answer is we do not know.  We have no clear definition of what it is nor how its created. Ball lighting can move upwards as well as downwards ......
Last Update: 2007-12-19 Views: 721
What is a black hole?

    A black hole is essentially a point in which the force of gravity is so great that nothing can escape from it. Black Holes are the remnants of large stars ......
Last Update: 2007-12-14 Views: 672
Describe how carbonic acid forms in nature? How can human activity affect this?

    Carbonic Acid is formed when water is infused in nature with CO2 this happens when water passes through soil that contains naturally decaying matter that is releasing CO2. If this ......
Last Update: 2007-12-13 Views: 1155
What causes the sound of thunder?

It is currently not known what causes thunder. In the 19th century it was believed that thunder was an explosion of steam caused when water heated up along the lighting. In ......
Last Update: 2007-12-13 Views: 736
How long does it take for the earth to travel around the sun?

It takes the earth one year 365 days. There are many minor factors that lengthen and shorten how long it takes the earth to orbit the sun that why we have ......
Last Update: 2007-12-09 Views: 707
How long would it take to travel to the Moon from Earth?

The distance between the Earth and the moon is always changing due to an elliptical orbit, that average distance is 384,399 kilometers.  There are also a number of ways to get ......
Last Update: 2006-11-22 Views: 4851
How did life begin? It can't have just started from nowhere....in other words, do things like bacteria just appear out of nowhere or is it something that sets it off and if so how did that thing come about to set it off?

Great question, one of few questions, and possible the only question, that may not be answerable definitively.  The question of how life began is what drives most religions and much of ......
Last Update: 2006-08-14 Views: 1033
What is Alchemy?

Alchemy was an early form of science.  Alchemy was not quite the fully scientific process that we use today, but rather a hybrid of sciences such as; chemistry, metallurgy, physics, and ......
Last Update: 2006-05-26 Views: 780
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