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When dealing with concussions one must always be aware of how others think and how they feel. Dealing with the severity of a concussion one must know the signs and signals of it before it becomes too severe. Some people believe that when suffering from a concussion that the one who suffers loses consciousness when…

The BBC’s ‘Natural World’ made me particularly aware of the complexity of our planet. How every creature is a vital part of its habitat is remarkable: how animals and humans share such a large percentage of DNA yet appear and act so differently is extraordinary. It is possible to see evidence of evolution in these…

Do you think intelligence is a fixed trait? If you do, then you might be one of many people with a fixed mind-set. In Carol S. Dweck’s an essay, “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids”, she describes fixed and growth mind-sets. She describes how they affect school, and how they affect social relationships as well….

It is possible that our cognitive processes all originate from the same cognitive bank, but can we truly multitask by simultaneously driving a car, chewing gum, talking on the phone, and listening to music? Perhaps our mental resources are specialized in a way that assigns different tasks varying strengths. The distribution of responsibility to different…

Burmese pythons taking over the Everglades Karen Brown COW February 16, 2013 Tiffany Rodriguez Imagine taking a walk in the Florida Everglades. Now imagine that during that walk across a giant snake. In that snakes grip is a full-sized White-tailed you come deer. The two are battling it out, but the snake is clearly winning,…

    The Tuskegee Syphilis study was conducted from 1932 to 1972. There were 399 participants who had syphilis, and 200 in a control group who were not infected. The participants were primarily poor, illiterate African-American sharecroppers who were not told of their true diagnosis; rather, they were invited to join the study and given free…

In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who Saw the Flood” the ruinous flood-losses confronting a hapless household of sharecrop farmers reveal the fortunes that force the liberated but still nescient and adulterate inkinesss to go indebted to and therefore re-enslaved by the same Whites from whom they received freedom. Wright’s resigned yet resolute supporters show that…

Photorespiration is the opposite pathway to photosynthesis, where the protein RubisCO, which is highly abundant on earth, adds or consumes oxygen from the 5 carbon sugar rubisco bisphosphate instead of utilizing carbon dioxide. This enzyme acts as both a carboxylase and an oxygenase and cannot differentiate between carbon dioxide and oxygen molecules. RubisCO has a…

Stem cells are unspecified cells that have the ability through cell division to become specialized cells. These cells possess regenerative properties for longer periods of time than other cells. And, in certain conditions can be induced to become tissue or organ specific cells. By seeking to understand their regenerative process, scientists can treat, prevent and…

My havean would be a flower garden that streches out for miles. A white path erupts from the tangle of greenery, seeming to have been forgotten. With tulips brushing against my feet and sunflowers against a tangerine sky, lavender clouds head to the setting sun. Following the path you come across a beautiful bridge, a…