Articles for category: Science

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The Ghost Hunter’s Tool Box

The Beginner A beginner’s ghost hunting tool box is very basic. Because ghost hunting takes time and practice to learn how to use all the new technological equipment, many people start off with the bare minimum tools. The most important tool and ghost hunter needs to have is a pencil and paper.Documenting throughout the investigation ...

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The Aura: Scientific Fact or Imagination?

The aura is defined as an electromagnetic field that surrounds the body. The aura means different things to different people. The aura is supposed to tell many things about the person it surrounds. It is an oval shape of colored energy that emanates to about three feet around the body. Some people say that they ...

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Nurse Shark Facts

Ginglymostoma cirratum, more commonly known as nurse sharks, are one of the more sluggish shark species. They can grow anywhere from 7.5 to 14 feet (2.2 to 4.3 meters) in length and weigh 198 to 330 pounds (90 to 150 kilograms). They have very strong jaws that contain thousands of tiny serrated teeth. Unlike most ...

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Giant Forest Hog Facts

The giant forest hog, hylochoerus meinertzhageni, is the largest of the 16 pig species in the world. They measure 4.3 to 7 feet (130 to 210 centimeters) long and stand 2.5 to 3.6 feet (75 to 110 centimeters) tall at the shoulders. They weigh 220 to 605 pounds (100 to 275 kilograms) with males (called ...

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Triad Scientific Ideas

The natural phenomena of our planet can come in a variety of forms. Aristotle once divided the elements into four basic units of earth, water, wind and fire. Scientists have improved on this basic theory, but as our scientific knowledge has grown, many naturally occurring events, like light are best explained with a binary definition. ...

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The Theory of Evolution and What’s Wrong with the Arguments Against it

The Theory of Evolution is generally accepted as the best scientific explanation to explain the diversity of life on the planet. It applies to everything that we see alive, from bacteria to people. This theory proposes that all life on earth, no matter how simple or complex, derives from single-cell organisms.Over time, and due to ...

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Animal Facts: Volcano Rabbit

The volcano rabbit gets its name from where it lives, which is on volcanic peaks in Mexico. The volcano rabbit is the only known rabbit to live on or near any volcano in the world. Because of its uniqueness the volcano rabbit is in need of some sort of government protection to protect the species ...

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Developing Transgenic Agriculture for a Growing Population

There is a hot debate going on today about something exceptionally ordinary: the food we eat. This debate surrounds the use of transgenic agricultural practices in the production of food that is to be consumed by humans. Although some believe that the slight DNA alterations involved in transgenic technologies pose inherent threats to people, the ...

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Which Are the Tallest Mammals?

1. If your first guess for the tallest mammal was the giraffe… Congratulations! You’re absolutely right. A full-grown animal can attain a height of 6.1 meters or 20 feet. Giraffes live in the central, eastern and southern areas of Africa where they roam through the trees and across the open plains in herds. Their long ...

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Nothing but the Facts About the Andromeda Galaxy

General Facts: The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Andromeda. It can go by the name Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224. In older texts, its name appears as the Great Andromeda Nebula. Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, but may not ...