In the early 1800s, the British governor of Sumatra (then known as Bencoolen) was very interested in the diversity of life on the island. Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles made many expeditions into the jungle and discovered, collected and documented numerous previously unknown plants and animals. His ...
There's a possibility that if astronauts brought the plants back and mixed them with those grown on Earth, we might end up with the space-version of kudzu. Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is an invasive species of plant, brought to the U.S. from Japan in the late 1800s. Limited Available ...
Before the 19 century is was never found to be even written about. Children only died of small pox, plague, or some other pathogen (which was the motivation for the discovery of cow pox vaccine). In 1847 there is no mention of a child dying of cancer. Not one case of a child was ...
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However, nitrocellulose rayon was highly flammable, and it was more expensive to produce than acetate or cuprammonium rayon. Therefore, production of this type of rayon ceased in the early 1900s, but not before it acquired the colloquial name of "mother-in-law silk." • Acetate: Rayon ...
One idea, thought up in the 1800s by Charles Darwin, suggests that life might have started in a "warm little pond" of chemicals that received energy from lightning. In 1953, Stanley Miller recreated this idea in a lab, generating amino acids from a mixture of methane, ammonia, water and...
10.Experts estimate that one out of every five fish sold was caught illegally.It threatens(威胁) food security and hurts the environment.Officials are using new observational technology to fight illegal fishing. "Thank you for taking the time to join us here in Harwell (UK) in the Operations...
Trisomy 21 is another name for Down syndrome. This order was named for Dr. John Langdon Down who conducted the first detailed research on the disorder in the mid-1800s. It was only later, in the 20th century, that researchers discovered a genetic cause for the syndrome....
Developed in the late 1800s, faux tin ceiling tiles are an American innovation.Its purpose was to promote durability and affordability as an alternative to the more expensive but fragile European plasterwork ceilings. As its name suggests, the ceiling materials that make up faux tin are not real...
From this we learned in the most obvious and audible way, that carbs do not put sugar up. The yeast puts the sugar up after it is fed with the carbs. Carbs plus antifungals did not put our sugar up, because then the carbs were eaten by us, not by the yeast. The yeast was acting...