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Interventionism , when discussing the practice of medicine , is generally a derogatory term used by critics of a medical model in which patients are viewed as passive recipients receiving external treatments provided by the physician that have the effect of prolonging life, or at least of providing a subjective sense of doing everything possible.
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A termite mound made by the cathedral termite A coral colony A superorganism is an organism consisting of many organisms.
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Artificial Intelligence ( AI ), a branch of computer science , is the study of intelligent systems (i.e. software, computers, robots, etc.).Sacred Geometry
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In this plot, the asteroid is the yellow dot, and Earth is green; the two orbits intersect twice per year. A preliminary orbit calculation shows that 2012 DA14 has a very Earth-like orbit with a period of 366.24 days, just one more day than our terrestrial year, and it 'jumps' inside and outside of the path of Earth two times per year. While an impact with Earth has been ruled out on the asteroid's next visit, astronomers will use that close approach for more studies and calculate the Earth and Moon's gravitational effects on it. Credits: Deimos-Space When it whizzes past Earth in 2013, a newly discovered asteroid is going to miss our planet - but not by much.
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Time Travel: There's No Time Like Yesterday Bryan J. Méndez Depending on what you believe, the Universe began with a bang or was summoned into existence by some great force, or perhaps both or neither. But it did have a beginning.
Chytrid Fungus in Frogs Threatens Amphibian Extinction
The frog cost about $4. If it was sautéed, stir-fried or cooked in a clay pot and served with rice and vegetables, it could provide enough poultry-flavored white meat for a meal for at least two people. Tests on the bullfrog by Raul Figueroa, a researcher at San Francisco State University, confirmed that it was infected with an invisible but virulent fungus.Joule
The joule ( pron.: / ˈ dʒ uː l / or sometimes / ˈ dʒ aʊ l / ), symbol J , is a derived unit of energy , work , or amount of heat in the International System of Units . [ 1 ] It is equal to the energy expended (or work done) in applying a force of one newton through a distance of one metre (1 newton metre or N·m), or in passing an electric current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm for one second.
News - Self-sculpting sand robots are under development at MIT
3 April 2012 Last updated at 13:46 ET The MIT team have built test modules with microprocessors and magnets to prove their theory Tiny robots that can join together to form functional tools and then split apart again after use might be ready for market in little more than a decade, according to researchers.
Developer Resources for Apps for Energy
This article is cross posted from OpenEI Blog . More information about the Energy Department's Apps for Energy competition -- including a sign up form for competition updates -- is available here . The recent Green Button announcement by President Obama introduced the "Apps for Energy Challenge," intended to spur developers into making apps leveraging energy data to help define energy saving strategies, understand green button energy consumers, understand the green button energy market, and help collect even more user data.
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