Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance & Human height Humans exhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance, and Human height Human body types varies subst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Psychology And Biology
A long standing question in philosophy and science is whether there exists an invariant human nature. For those who believe there is a hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, and Human physical appearance, and Human height,    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symmetry Biology: Encyclopedia Ii - Symmetry Biology - Bilateral Symmetry
In bilateral symmetry (also called plane symmetry), only one plane, called the sagittal plane, will divide an organism into roughly mirro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auxology: Encyclopedia - Auxology
Auxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology generally....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albatross: Encyclopedia - Albatross
Diomedea Thalassarche Phoebastria Phoebetria The albatrosses are seabirds in the family Diomedeidae, which is closely allied to the proce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone is the first and olde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cytochrome P450 Oxidase: Encyclopedia - Cytochrome P450 Oxidase
Cytochrome P450 oxidase (commonly abbreviated CYP) is a generic term for a large number of related, but distinct, oxidative enzymes (EC 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia - Cloning
Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water: Encyclopedia - Water
Water (from the Old English word wæter; c.f German "Wasser", from PIE *wod-or, "water") is a tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Metaphysics And Ethics
There are a number of perspectives regarding the fundamental nature and substance of humans. These are by no means mutually exclusive, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Influential Views Of Human Nature
As a general rule, any -ism important enough to be both defended and attacked, probably states or implies a distinctive view about human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganges Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganges Shark - Biology
The shark, though poorly documented, is known to inhabit only freshwater, inshore marine and estuarine systems. Its feeding habits are un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ganges Shark: Encyclopedia Ii - Ganges Shark - Appearance
In its external appearance, G. Gangeticus is a typical requiem shark. It is stocky, with a broadly rounded snout and small eyes. The firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cytochrome P450 Oxidase: Encyclopedia Ii - Cytochrome P450 Oxidase - Molecular Biology
Mammalian cytochrome P450 oxidases have about 500 amino acids and a heme (hæm) group at the active site. Most can metabolize multiple su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Human History
The human history of the park dates back 12,000 years. It was known to the original natives as "Mitzi-a-dazi," the "River of Yellow Rocks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albatross: Encyclopedia Ii - Albatross - Albatross Biology
Albatross - Distribution evolution and taxonomy. The albatrosses comprise 21 species in 4 genera. The four genera are the great albatro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albatross: Encyclopedia Ii - Albatross - Albatrosses And Humans
Albatross - Etymology. The name albatross is derived from the Arabic al-câdous, (a pelican), which travelled to English via the Portug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Geography
The continental divide of North America runs roughly diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The divide is a topographic ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Geology
See also Geothermal areas of Yellowstone Yellowstone is at the northeast tip of a smooth U-shaped curve through the mountains, which is n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Biology And Ecology
Main articles: Animals of Yellowstone, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem The dominant tree species in the park is Lodgepole pine, however, va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Geology
Yellowstone is at the northeast tip of a smooth U-shaped curve through the mountains, which is now the Snake River Plain. This curved pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yellowstone National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yellowstone National Park - Biology And Ecology
Main articles: Animals of Yellowstone and Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem The dominant tree species in the park is Lodgepole pine, however,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Biology
The biology of tsetse is relatively well understood. Tsetse have been extensively studied because of their medical, veterinary, and econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Technical Hurdles
Cloning is quite inefficient and usually there are over 600 to 1000 nuclear transfers before one is able to grow into a stem cell. This i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Commercial Cloning
While the promise of cloning extinct species has been a long standing justification for the development of cloning, there are many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Ethical Issues Of Cloning
Cloning - Christian views. Christian views of cloning are diverse and sometimes conflicting. Roman Catholicism and other conservative C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Ethical Issues Of Cloning
Cloning - Christian views. Main article: Christian views on cloning Christian views of cloning are diverse and sometimes conflicting....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Commercial Cloning
While the promise of cloning extinct species has been a long standing justification for the development of cloning, there are many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Systematics
Tsetse include up to thirty four species and sub-species depending on the particular classification used. Tsetse are sufficiently differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Control
Tsetse control has been undertaken in order to reduce the incidence of the diseases which the flies transmit. Two alternative strategies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Etymology
The word 'tsetse' comes from Tswana, a language of southern Africa, and, in that language, the word means fly[6]. Because of this meaning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Can Green Fight Global?
This is a common theme among Greens in general, who have a broad critique of dominator culture and monoculture which has flowered in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Dolly The Sheep
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was clone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning In Biology
Cloning - Molecular. Cloning a gene means to extract a gene from one organism (for example by PCR) and insert it into a second organism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Health Aspects
However, the success rate has been very low: Dolly was born after 276 failed attempts; 70 calves have been created from 9,000 attempts an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning Extinct Species
Cloning, or more precisely, the reconstruction of functional DNA from extinct species has, for decades, been a dream of some scientists. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Teton National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Teton National Park - Geography
Part of the Rocky Mountains, the north-south-trending Teton Range rises from the floor of Jackson Hole without any foothills along a 40 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Teton National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Teton National Park - Human History
Grand Teton National Park - Pre-history. Native American hunting parties from the northern Rocky Mountains camped along the shore of Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grand Teton National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Grand Teton National Park - Geology
Main article: Geology of the Grand Teton area The rock units that make up the east face of the Teton Range are around 2500 million years ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Health Aspects
However, the success rate has been very low: Dolly was born after 276 failed attempts; 70 calves have been created from 9,000 attempts an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning Extinct Species
Cloning, or more precisely, the reconstruction of functional DNA from extinct species has, for decades, been a dream of some scientists. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Dolly The Sheep
Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was clone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Cloning In Biology
Cloning - Molecular. Cloning a gene means to extract a gene from one organism (for example by PCR) and insert it into a second organism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloning: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloning - Species Cloned
The modern cloning techniques involving nuclear transfers have been successfully performed on several species. Land mark experiments in c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse As Vectors Of Trypanosomiasis
Tsetse are biological vectors of trypanosomes meaning that tsetse, in the process of feeding, acquire and then transmit small, single-cel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Are Humans Infinitely Precious?
However, some of these ambitions parallel and oppose the ambition of the United Religions Initiative, generic global ethics and humanism ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Biology Versus Buying
There is, as yet, no clear agreement between greens even on basic terms of reference. Difficulty of measuring diverse "ecological flows" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geomagnetic Storm: Encyclopedia Ii - Geomagnetic Storm - Geomagnetic Storm Effects
Geomagnetic storm - Radiation hazards to humans. Intense solar flares release very-high-energy particles that can be as injurious to hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Wilderness
Wilderness areas consist of lands that are pristine and have had little or no human intervention. For the most part, wilderness is typica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Ecologies Produce People Create Local Is More Reliable
Three assumptions that seem to be universal among green economists are: That living ecoregions are better valued as service-producing na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zion National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion National Park - Human History
Archaeologists have divided the long span of Zion's human history into four cultural periods, each characterized by distinctive technolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Can Green Go Global?
At the other scale extreme is the view of Goldsmith, that scientific understanding of human bodies, cognition, and Earth's ecology, const...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Value Of Life
One holy grail of green economists is a theory of why humans see value in such commodities as gold, and why they habitually reward social...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bryce Canyon National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Bryce Canyon National Park - Human History
Bryce Canyon National Park - Native American habitation. Little is known about early human habitation in the Bryce Canyon area. Archaeo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Human History
Shoshone National Forest is named after the Shoshone Indians, who, along with other Native American groups such as the Lakota, Crow and N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water: Encyclopedia Ii - Water - Molecular Properties
Water - Forms of water. For more details on this topic, see Category: Forms of water. Water takes many different shapes on earth: wat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-organization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-organization - History Of The Idea
The idea that the dynamics of a system can tend by themselves to increase the inherent order of a system has a long history. One of the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-organization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-organization - Examples
The following list summarizes and classifies the instances of self-organization found in different disciplines. As the list grows, it bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water: Encyclopedia Ii - Water - Human Uses Of Water
All known forms of life depend on water. Water is a vital part of many metabolic processes within the body. Significant quantities of wat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Green Is Non-neoclassical
Neoclassical economics represents the main body of modern economics. Neoclassical economists begin with a set of assumptions that enable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Tendencies And Factions
Various subgroups of these economists avoid the label green or Green in part to avoid association with political Green Parties and their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Life Versus Not
What seems to define green economists most clearly is the rejection of all analyses of factors of production or means of production that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Small Is Beautiful
Of these three assumptions, the third is the oldest, and was first codified clearly in E. F. Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful". It emphas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Green Economics: Encyclopedia Ii - Green Economics - Influences And Opponents
Important economists and systems theorists who have contributed analyses to the body of green economics include E. F. Schumacher, Robert ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bryce Canyon National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Bryce Canyon National Park - Geography
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast and 1000 feet (300 m) higher than Zion National P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bryce Canyon National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Bryce Canyon National Park - Geology
The Bryce Canyon area shows a record of deposition that spans from the last part of the Cretaceous period and the first half of the Cenoz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bryce Canyon National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Bryce Canyon National Park - Biology
The forests and meadows of Bryce Canyon provide the habitat to support diverse animal life, from birds and small mammals to foxes and occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Forest Management
Shoshone National Forest is managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The forest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Biology
Shoshone National Forest - Flora. Shoshone National Forest has documented 1,300 distinct species of trees and plants and new discoverie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Geography And Geology
The altitude in the forest ranges from 4,600 feet (1,402 m) near Cody, Wyoming, to 13,804 feet (4,207 m) at the top o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Fire Ecology
Shoshone National Forest has an active Fire Management Program which recognizes that forest fires are a natural part of the ecosystem, ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shoshone National Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Shoshone National Forest - Recreation
Over half a million visitors will spend at least one night in the forest in an average year, and the majority of tourists visit the Fores...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zion National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion National Park - Geography
The park is located in southwestern Utah in Washington, Iron, and Kane counties. Geomorphically, it is located on the Markagunt and Kolob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zion National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion National Park - Geology
The nine known exposed formations visible in Zion National Park are part of a super-sequence of rock units called the Grand Staircase; th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zion National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion National Park - Biology
The Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and the Colorado Plateaus converge in the Zion and Kolob canyons area. This, along with the varied topogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of California Institute Of Technology People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of California Institute Of Technology People - Notable Alumni
Alumni who went on to become members of the faculty are listed only in this category. List of California Institute of Technology people ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geomagnetic Storm: Encyclopedia Ii - Geomagnetic Storm - Interactions With Planetary Processes
The solar wind also carries with it the magnetic field of the Sun. This field will have either a North or South orientation. If the solar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klingon: Encyclopedia Ii - Klingon - Klingon Religion
According to legend, Kortar, the "first" Klingon, and his mate were created in a place called Qui'Tu. The two destroyed the gods who made...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klingon: Encyclopedia Ii - Klingon - Arbiter Of Succession
The Arbiter of Succession is a Klingon legal practice designed to ensure a stable succession for the Chancellor. Although it is a Klingon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water: Encyclopedia Ii - Water - Astronomical Position Of Earth And Impact On Its Water
The coexistence of the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of water on Earth is vital to the origin, evolution, and continued existence of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water: Encyclopedia Ii - Water - The Impact Of Water On Religion And Philosophy
Water is considered a purifier in most religions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Shinto. For instance, baptism in Christian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-organization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-organization - Overview
The most robust and unambiguous examples of self-organizing systems are from physics, where the concept was first noted. Self-organizatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death Valley National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Death Valley National Park - Geographic Setting
Within the park there are two major valleys: Death Valley and Panamint Valley—both of which were formed within the last few million yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klingon: Encyclopedia Ii - Klingon - Klingon Biology
Roughly humanoid in appearance, Klingons typically sport long manes of luxuriant hair, and for males, moustaches, and beards. Perhaps the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klingon: Encyclopedia Ii - Klingon - History Of The Klingon Empire
Klingon - Prehistory. In the episode The Chase (ST:TNG, Season 6), it was revealed that a race of prehistoric aliens had spread their D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klingon: Encyclopedia Ii - Klingon - Klingon Biology
Roughly humanoid in appearance, Klingons typically sport long manes of luxuriant hair, and males, moustaches, and beards. Perhaps their m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Main articles: Mind and Consciousness Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Main articles: Spirituality, Religion, and Human nature Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Main articles: Culture of human beings and Culture Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article