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  • Aging or ageing is the process of becoming older. The term refers ... This article focuses primarily on humans. Aging represents the accumulation ...
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  • their reactivity is different from that of ions of similar structure. ... == Clarification of terms == Historically, the term "radical" ...
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  • Progesterone belongs to a class of sex hormones called progestogens ... Progesterone is a steroid hormone. A steroid is any of a group of ...
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  • only on mammals and often in a high-density of filaments per unit area. These ... In humans, hair, with its variety of colors, textures, shape, length ...
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  • a large, distinct, spheroidal subcompartment of the nucleus of eukaryote cells ... the components are dispersed at the onset of mitosis and are reassembled ...
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  • Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary ... Our understanding of the nature of physical existence derives in large ...
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  • in the blood. They are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate ... have no DNA. In comparison, the erythrocytes of nearly all other vertebrates ...
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  • “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...
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  • and also plays a major role in the sense of balance and body position. ... In most animals, the visible ear is a flap of tissue that is also called ...
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  • [[Image:Camuccini Lamentation over the Corpse of Socrates.jpg|thumb ... Death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Death ...
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  • insomnia, and help prevent or offset the effects of depression. for managing stress and anxiety. Many forms of mind/body exercises are beneficial ...
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  • In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument ... There are two main classes of objects: non-living objects that are ...
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  • The nervous system is the network of specialized cells, tissues, and ... peripheral nervous system (PNS), consisting of all the nerves and neurons ...
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  • created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce ... (2,400 to 2,700 m), whereas the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits at 7 ...
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  • Corn syrup is any of a variety of forms of syrup (thick, viscous liquid ... The varieties of sweeteners listed as corn syrup differ in the amount ...
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  • Nutrition is the combination of elements consumed by a person that ... problems. Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent ...
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  • with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light, but longer than ... insects such as bees, can see into a portion of the ultraviolet region (the ...
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  • Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...
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  • Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness ... In any organism, health can be said to be a "state of balance ...
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  • The Florida Keys are an archipelago of about 1,700 islands in the ... south of Miami, and extend in an arc southwest by south and then westward ...
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