Mars Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and orbits the sun at a distance of 141 million miles. Mars is named for the Roman god of war because it appears fiery and red in the night sky. Mars is a relatively small planet, with about half the diameter of Earth and about one-tenth Earth’s mass. The force of gravity on the surface of Mars is about one-third of that on Earth. Mars h

Memory Memory. What is Memory' Our memory serves as a personal library for us to remember everything we learn experience and encounter in our lives. While doing research for this paper I came across allot of information about memory that I never knew before. In Elizabeth Loftus’s Book Memory, surprising new insights into how we remember and why we forget. She talks about how memor

Meosis The process, during which the germ cells are generated is called meiosis. It represents nature\'s solution to the problem of chromosome doubling that would occur, if two diploid cells, i.e. two cells with a double set of chromosomes would fuse. Accordingly does meiosis produce haploid germ cells, with maternal and paternal germ cell fusing at fertilization and thus generating a di

Alternative Fuels  Air pollution is most commonly associated with acidic precipitation, smog, and the depletion of our ozone layer. Acid rain is one of the biggest air quality problems that upstate New York deals with, especially the Adirondack Mountains. The main cause of acidic rain is the emissions of gases like SO2 and NOx These emissions are given off into the environmen

Leptin Leptin, being a protein produced by fat, plays an important role in how the body manages its supply of fat. It is derived from the Greek word, leptos, meaning thin. In general, the greater the body mass is and percent of fat, the higher the levels of leptin. It is believed that leptin acts as an indication of how much fat is really in the body to the brain’s hypothalamus, which ha

Melvin Calvin Melvin Calvin one of the most successful biologists to ever live. Calvin was almost single handedly responsible for the discovery of photosynthesis. He also worked with the government on some very important projects during World War II. His discoveries in the early 1900 still to this day influence how modern science is conducted today.

Metaphorical Thinking The issue of whether we should allow marine parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently. It is an important issue because it concerns fundamental moral and economic questions about the way we use our native wildlife. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about this issue. This essay will consider arguments for having marine

Methanphetamine Cultural Event: Methanphetamine speaker Methanphetamine The Narcotics officer from the Bismarck Police department displayed the harsh realities of a drug from a new age. Methanphetamine provides choice for the junkie, to choose either his family or suffer from pain, torture, and death resulting from methanphetamine abuse. Methanphetamine labs are being busted d

Methamphetamine Methamphetamine (C10H15N) is a powerfully addictive drug. The chemical structure of methamphetamine is Acetone, Anhydrous Ammonia, Drian cleaner, Battery Acid, Lye, Freon, Antifreeze, and Coleman Fuel, it is also similar to the drug amphetamine. That is made very easliy in clandestine laboratories with inexpensive over-the-counter ingredients. Since the methamphet

Microsatellites In DNA Microsatellites in DNA The article “Agents of Evolution” addresses the topic of microsatellites in bacteria and humans. The article explains that DNA contains satellite DNA. There are 3 types of satellites. The first is satellite DNA. These are tandomly repeated pieces of DNA. The second is minisatellite DNA. These are tandomly repeated pieces of DNA

Milk & Cancer Connection Milk and the Cancer Connection With complete references for researchers by Hans R. Larsen, MSc ChE On January 23, 1998 researchers at the Harvard Medical School released a major study providing conclusive evidence that IGF-1 is a potent risk factor for prostate cancer. Should you be concerned' Yes, you certainly should, particularly if you drink milk

Mind Machine Museum Calculators, computers, and video games are all high-tech tools of the mind. Teachers may find there students fascinated by early examples and willing to engage in high-tech archaeological "digs" in their local community. These artifacts, combined with their disks and cartridges, may be disassembled and analyzed, restored and displayed or operated as functioning units

Dugesia This essay gives you background information about Dugesia, a type of flatworm. It\'ll tell you about the movement of the flatworm, the passage of food entering the body, and the functions of the structures on the body of a Dugesia. An earthworm\'s body has more than 100 segments(Feldkamp, page 734). The worm anchors some of the middle segments by their setae and attracts

Mitosis Raffi Astoor February 9, 2002 Comparing and Contrasting: Mitosis and Meiosis There are two types of cellular reproduction, mitosis and meiosis. They have different purposes and processes which they go through, but are the same because they both involve replication of genetic informaiton and the division of a cell. Mitosis is the reproduction and division of any somatic cell to fo

Methane Gas One of earth’s most abundant gases is Methane. Methane can be found in different forms but is best known as a gas. Methane is colorless and odorless and is less dense than air. It melts at –184 degrees Celsius and it boils at –161 degrees Celsius. One way it is formed is by the decomposition of plant and animal waste/matter in swampy or marshy areas (mainly because of

A Gift Of Life The power to bring new hopes to a sick child; to be able to free a dialysis patient; to offer another human being the most wonderful gift: organ transplantation, a gift of life… With this perception is that we have to approach the transplantation of human organs. Nevertheless, with the complicated moral and ethical issues, the transplants have become a standard medical pro

Muscle Contraction ABSTRACT In this succession of experiments, we looked at stimuli and how they affect muscle contractions. Muscles act in many ways to help us go through the course of daily actions. With a stimulus, a latent period is observed and there can be an increase in the force generated when multiple stimuli are observed. When looking at isometric contractions, one will ob

Mount St. Helens MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTION 1980 On May 18, 1980, after lying dormant 123 years Mount St. Helens erupted powerfully and had a profound impact on the Pacific Northwest. On that summer day in 1980 Mount St. Helens produced a huge debris avalanche, an explosive lateral blast, lahars and an eruption column. In an instant the countryside and lakes surrounding a great dista

Mummies Mummies Mummies MUMMIES, MUMMIES, MUMMIES Many people today are enjoying the new movies, “The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns”. They have become a great hit with young and old alike. These movies have renewed our curiosity about the mummies of Ancient Egypt. How were the bodies mummified' Why were only the elite mummified' Why were they put into huge pyramids wi

Mp3 Comparison Mp3 vs MD Portable audio player become more and more common in our life nowadays. CD-player, cassette player, radio, mp3 player and mini-disc player are some of the well-known portable audio player today. Among these portable audio player, MP3 and mini-disc (or simply MD) player are the most advance in today portable audio technology. MP3 is actually a music file of

Mitchondrial DNA in Aging and Disease Mitchondrial DNA in Aging and Disease Introduction Mitochondria can be found in all human cells. They are the home to many complex energy producing biochemical pathways in cellular respiration such as the Krebs cycle and the Electron Transport Chain. One interesting feature of mitochondria is that mitochondria have DNA. In our

Multiple Sclerosis MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Multiple Sclerosis is the most common disease of the central nervous system. In the United States alone, there are at least 250,000 cases. For reasons that remain unclear, it is more prevalent in northern temperate zones and affects noticeably more women than men. The average age of onset is thirty years. These areas of sclerosis also referred to

Multiple Births When bearing a child there may be a possibility of having more than just one child, which is referred to as a multiple birth. A multiple birth is one in which two or more fetuses develop at one time in the uterus. This happens when a woman naturally releases more than one egg from her ovaries. Most multiple births are caused from using fertility drugs. The most common t

Multiple Sclerosis I am going to write about multiple sclerosis and how it can be related to the Epstein-Barr virus. I am also going to mention some other factors that have been blamed for this disease. It is first important to mention what multiple sclerosis is and what it does to effect the normal functioning of the human body. Multiple sclerosis is and autoimmune disease that affe

Cart Lab Cart Lab Hypothesis- The more weight exerted on the string the faster the cart will accelerate. Procedure- · Place tracks on table · Attach string to cart and put cart on tracks · Set up pulleys so that string extends over the end of the table and hangs down · On the end of the string hanging over the table, place 20 grams of mass on string and 2490 grams on the c

Headaches Headaches Having a headache is one of the most common ways of affecting peoples moods. For years headaches have been putting people in bad moods, causing fights, and even causing serious health problems. People need to know that you should never ignore a pain, that’s your bodies way of telling you something’s wrong. Headaches can effect our moods, feelings, and our over

Cancer Alzheimer’s Disease is a brain disorder which gradually destroys the ability to reason, remember, imagine and learn. It’s different from the mild forgetfulness normally found in older people. Over the course of the disease, people with Alzheimer’s no longer recognize themselves or much about the world around them. Depression, anxiety, and paranoia often accompany these symptoms. A

Music Therapy Incomplete Music therapy is the prescribed use of music and musical interventions in order to restore, maintain, and improve emotional, physical, physiological, and spiritual health and well-being (Lindberg). So one finds the selections under the New Age/Relaxation section of the record store about as relaxing as water torture' Just because one's taste runs more to Sous

Mutations Are mutations beneficial' In a living cell, DNA undergoes frequent chemical change, especially when it is being replicated. Most of these changes are quickly repaired. Those that are not result in a mutation. Mutation is a change in the genetic material that controls heredity. They can disrupt a body’s development or functioning with just a tiny change in the DNA. Thus, mutati

Carbon The element I have chosen to write about is the element carbon. Carbon is a nonmetallic element that has the symbol C corresponding to it on the periodic table. Nobody knows where carbon was discovered and nobody also knows when it was discovered either. We are well aware that ancient people. The name carbon comes from the Latin term Carbo, which means charcoal. Carbon is a g