Scientists have found trace amounts of copper, gold and silver in sewage as well as lost jewelry which they believe get into the sewers through a myriad of ways. What Are the Sources? They can get into sewers from precious metals which are increasingly being used in shampoos, cleaning products, cosmetics and detergents; shavings from
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Ever flown on a plane? If yes, have you ever caught yourself mulling over dark thoughts like: What will happen if the plane gets struck by lightning? How safe is it to fly on an airplane? And how effective are the safety precautions? Well, you have good reasons to! After all, you are more or
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There’s no better way to describe the camera than to call it the artificial representation of the human eye. This is so because the functionalities of the Camera are similar, if not the same as those of the human eye. But then this post is not about comparing the eye with the camera, but rather
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What Are Hormones? They are types of chemical that the body uses to send a signal from one body part to another. A hormone might be made in the brain, released into the blood and travel to some distant organ, such as the kidney. When it reaches the kidney, this chemical will usually trigger some
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If I told you to give a list of the world’s oceans, I am pretty certain you would say Atlantic, Indian, Pacific……yet, you wouldn’t be all wrong. But for the main fact that these oceans are connected, they are in real fact just one large ocean. Check out more facts below as provided by about.com 1.
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As a student of Mathematics, you often deal with degrees when measuring angles be it in Bearing, Latitude and Longitude or Geometry. You will often find degrees given in decimal, like this example, 121.135°; instead of the more common degrees, minutes, and seconds (121°8′6″). So, what if you have to make a conversion from decimal
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Several people have described the colour of the ocean just as it appears to them – James Joyce called it green, Lord Byron averred it was dark blue, and to Homer, it appeared wine red. But is the colour of the seas subject to individual opinion? Or is there a scientific explanation for it? Consider
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It’s not called a smartphone just for feels. It has earned this sobriquet because that piece of technology you have in your hands, tucked in your pocket or purse can connect you with people and events around the world, and do much more! That much more is the focus of this article. Tuck in, and
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Perhaps, you have heard it said that girls do not excel in core Science subjects, and may even believe it. But over the centuries, many have questioned this false claim; one of them being Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace. Let’s consider in more detail. Ada Is Born She was born Augusta Ada Byron in
It’s the third period, which means time for Chemistry. You pack up your books and head over to the Chemisty lab for lessons in Stoichiometry. But before acids will be mixed with bases; before the average titre value, and the number of moles of salt formed is calculated; something even more chemical happens to you.
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