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Plants Life on Earth

Tree Facts: 42 amazing things about trees

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Post date February 8, 2022
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Trees in Belgrad Forest — Trees play a critical role in producing oxygen, supporting biodiversity, and combating climate change-just a few of the fascinating facts explored in this article, 'Tree Facts: 42 Amazing Things About Trees.' I tok this photo in Istanbul's Belgrad Forest on April 14, 2019.

Trees are among the most remarkable living organisms on Earth, silently supporting life in countless ways. From producing the oxygen we breathe to stabilizing ecosystems and providing shelter for diverse species, trees are essential to our planet’s health. But their significance goes beyond environmental benefits – trees have inspired cultures, shaped history, and even revolutionized modern science. With over 60,000 species worldwide, each with unique traits and ecological roles, trees continue to amaze us with their resilience and diversity. Here are the most amazing tree facts.

Biology

Importance of Microbial Contamination Analysis of Fresh Produce

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Post date December 16, 2021
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Fresh produce is perhaps the most common food product we consume daily. Fresh produce includes unprocessed fresh fruits and vegetables, which are the type of foods that can bring the best nutrition to our bodies. It’s very important for any food producer to conduct a Microbial Contamination analysis for their fresh produce. Here are the reasons microbial contamination analysis of fresh produce is very important:

Prehistoric Life on Earth

7 Reasons Why Dinosaurs Continue Fascinating Humans

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Post date December 11, 2021
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Tyrannosaurus model — Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time; the largest complete specimen, located at the Field Museum of Natural History under the name FMNH PR2081 and nicknamed Sue, measured 12.3 meters (40 ft) long, and was 4 meters (13 ft) tall at the hips. Mass estimates have varied widely over the years, from more than 7.2 metric tons (7.9 short tons), to less than 4.5 metric tons (5.0 short tons), with most modern estimates ranging between 5.4 metric tons (6.0 short tons) and 6.8 metric tons (7.5 short tons). One study in 2011 found that the maximum weight of Sue, the largest Tyrannosaurus, was between 9.5 and 18.5 metric tons (9.3–18.2 long tons; 10.5–20.4 short tons), though the authors stated that their upper and lower estimates were based on models with wide error bars and that they "consider [them] to be too skinny, too fat, or too disproportionate". Packard et al. (2009) tested dinosaur mass estimation procedures on elephants and concluded that those of dinosaurs are flawed and produce over-estimations; thus, the weight of Tyrannosaurus could have been much less than previously thought. Other estimations have concluded that the largest known Tyrannosaurus specimens had masses approaching or exceeding 9 tonnes. This image is a full-size model in Poland, depicting Tyrannosaurus with both feathers and scales. Photo: wikipedia

Dinosaurs’ stories have been captured in paintings, films, comics, literature, and museums. Since the dawn of time, dinosaurs have captured the human imagination and sparked creative thought. Scaled monsters and gentle giants are two of the many ways described in the literature.

Technology

The Role of Metaverse in Revolutionizing Medical Education

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Post date December 10, 2021
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Metaverse and Medical Education. Image: Arch Virtual

According to health professionals, the Covid-19 pandemic age might benefit from the use of the metaverse, a combination of virtual and real-world space. An expansion of the metaverse’s experience is needed so that its users can realize the need for medical education. The prefix “meta,” which refers to the virtual world, plus the suffix “verse,” which refers to the physical world, make up the term metaverse.

Scientific method Software

Math is sexy. Here’s why

Mathematics = Intelligence = Sexy ∴ Math = Sexy

Mathematics has been an essential tool for human progress and development since the origins of humankind. It is truly amazing how math has become a fundamental piece behind almost everything we do in our daily lives, without most of us even noticing it. However, due to its extensiveness and complexity, many have wrongly labeled the general application of mathematical knowledge as a tedious or unattractive endeavor when it’s quite the opposite.

Robotics People Technology

Pros and Cons of Robotics for Hospital Sustainability

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Post date February 10, 2021
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When the coronavirus burst onto the scene, healthcare professionals and robotics experts partnered to implement out-of-the-box solutions to pressing needs. In Wuhan, China, a test run of a field hospital staffed by robots took place. The machines, provided by tech company CloudMinds, delivered necessities and medicines and even entertained patients.

Environment Animals Life on Earth

Top 5 Places that require bird control

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Post date December 9, 2020
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Today, pigeons have made themselves feel at home in the cities like New York, but they actually belong to the seaside cliffs in the rest of the world where they were domesticated thousands of years ago. They were farmed for protein at first, like chicken. Then they were bred as messengers. Around the 16th century, pigeons became show birds because of the hobbyists. And when Europeans moved to North America in the same century, they brought pigeons with them. To cut it short, the link between humans and pigeons goes way back.

Environment People

Why Fake Meat Is the Future? The Importance of Lab-Grown Meat

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Post date January 22, 2020
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Fake meat burger. Fake meat products taste exactly like meat, and that’s because producers have worked at bringing the same taste in them throughout the years.

Since people are becoming more conscious about the impact of meat consumption on our planet, we are beginning to shift our diets from “normal” to pescatarian, flexitarian, vegan, and so on and so forth. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Oxford, we should be eating 75% less beef and 90% less pork if we wanted to survive the global warming phenomenon, which is why people are starting to take action in this direction. If you are on the verge of becoming vegetarian yourself but enjoy your meat way too much to say stop, maybe fake meat is something you should consider.

Environment Places Travel

The Impact of Overtourism on our Environment

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Post date September 26, 2019
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Tourists at the Grand Canyon — The impact of overtourism may bring detrimental results to some of the most iconic destinations the United States has to offer. Overtourism is essentially the concept of recognizing the environmental and cultural effects that derive from an excess of tourists overcrowding a location or destination. Image: nps.gov

When you think of the Grand Canyon or the Great Smoky Mountains, beautiful scenery immediately comes to mind. You might begin to imagine the incredible views, towering cliffs, lush landscapes, and color schemes that far exceed anything you’ve ever seen in a painting.

Environment

Strategies Businesses Are Taking to Reduce Their Single-Use Plastic Use

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Post date August 2, 2019
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Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g.: plastic bottles and much more) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macro debris, based on size. Plastics are inexpensive and durable, and as a result levels of plastic production by humans are high. However, the chemical structure of most plastics renders them resistant to many natural processes of degradation and as a result they are slow to degrade. Together, these two factors have led to a high prominence of plastic pollution in the environment. Single-use plastics can be convenient, but more often than not, they have a lasting negative impact on our planet. They end up in our landfills, oceans, and ecosystems creating problems for animals and plants alike. In fact, half of all plastic in the world was created in just the last 13 years, and according to National Geographic, only 9% of that plastic is actually recycled. That is 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste with nowhere to go. These plastics are then unable to biodegrade, so they just continue to break down into smaller and smaller microplastics which causes more systemic problems.

Single-use plastics can be convenient, but more often than not, they have a lasting negative impact on our planet. They end up in our landfills, oceans, and ecosystems creating problems for animals and plants alike. In fact, half of all plastic in the world was created in just the last 13 years, and according to National Geographic, only 9% of that plastic is actually recycled. That is 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste with nowhere to go. These plastics are then unable to biodegrade, so they just continue to break down into smaller and smaller microplastics which causes more systemic problems.