The most obvious purpose of the bones that make up the skeleton is to provide support for the body, but they also help protect vulnerable organs and function as levers that skeletal muscles pull on. Other, less obvious, functions are the production of blood cells in the marrow, and storage...
Soviet partisans make main impact through raids and sabotage: Soviet partisan groups were initially offshoots of the many Red Army units cut off by the Nazi German advance in 1941. However, being untrained in guerrilla warfare, they were very vulnerable. Moreover, their relentless suppression --...
Teaching users about safe browsing and the dangers of phishing emails, or to be wary of what they download and click on, can help prevent threats from getting to the point of even being downloaded. Users take a lot of criticism from some as a weakness in cybersecurity, but ...
But when you’re part of a student cohort, or even a postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoc, you’re classed with other researchers at your level. As a PI on the other hand, running a research group, teaching undergrads, applying for funding, suddenly I am being treated worse than at...
They concluded that those inside Earth's protective magnetosphere would be relatively safe, but astronauts in exposed environments — such as on the surface of the moon— would be vulnerable to radiation sickness after bombardment by solar protons. In general, however, flares pose a greater ...
diets, newts and lizards are very different animals. Newts and lizards can be found across the globe in a variety of habitats. Newts and lizards are both vulnerable to habitat destruction, pollution and the illegal wildlife trade. Unfortunately, due to these factors, many species are now ...
The survey results are released as part of the launch of the council's ‘Telecare Service’. This service provides ‘extra support at home’ for older people who have become ‘vulnerable’, for example after falling over or on discharge from hospital. ‘Using high tech gadgets, the service ...
Japan, more than any other industrial nation, is extremely vulnerable to the effects of an oil shortage. Unlike the United States, Japan must import 99% of her petroleum. Ninety percent comes from the Middle East, ten percent from Southeast Asia (mainly Indonesia). The consequences of a prolo...
Humans, as you may know, are related to the apes – and before we developed the ability to use tools and weapons, humans were very vulnerable to big predators like lions, tigers and wolves. What eventually saved humans was our big brains – we got smart enough to start building houses an...
As coronavirus continues, many are socially distancing themselves (or, if they're showing symptoms, self-isolating). Here's the difference and how to do it.