A deluge of torrential rains dubbed by scientists as an "atmospheric river" has flooded California. The rains have interrupted travel, drenched southern sections of California for 6 days, and have caused officials to issue a state of emergency. The rains have triggered mudslides, thunderstorms,...
Researchers from the University of California, David Phillips, Gwendolyn Barker, and Kimberly Brewer, published a report concluding that mortality rates spike during Christmas through New Year's Day. The group published results from the study in the journal Social Science & medicine. Phillips,...
The temporal bone is a part of the bones that make up the skull. Placing the fingers behind the either ear will allow a person to feel their temporal bone, since it is located directly behind the ear. People with hearing problems might trace the source of their problem to an abnormal temporal bone...
The ethmoid or ethmoidal bone is a pnumatized part of the human skull, technically one of the pieces that make-up the neurocranium. It constitutes to portions of the nasal cavity, cranium floor, and eye sockets. Pnumatized bone are bones that have air-filled cavities, making them much lighter when...
For the first time in 456 years, the Winter Solstice this year (December 21st) will coincide with a lunar eclipse (very early in the morning). Historically, the winter solstice has played an important part in different cultural traditions. It is often seen as a time of renewal and rebirth,...
Pepsin is produced in the stomach and is the first protein to act on breaking down the proteins contained in foodstuffs so that they may begin the digestive process. Pepsin is inert when produced but is activated in the stomach by hydrochloric acid (HCl). Food proteins processed by Pepsin will...
Cells go through the cell division process to divide themselves depending upon the body’s requirements regarding the functions of those particular cells. Cell division is simply the nucleus of the cell splitting, followed by the replication of DNA. There are two categories of cell division based...
Though there are some similarities especially in structural elements, plant and animal cells do differ especially in functions. Animal and plant cells both have cytoplasm, cell membrane and a nucleus. The cell walls of plants are made up of cellulose. Cellulose allows high pressure to build up...
The Cranium is a group of bones that can generally and simply be defined as the skull or the bones on a human head, simple enough but still not too vague for everyday consumption. If you look for a more detailed meaning you’ll see that it’s actually a fair definition. On a side note “craniates” is...
In the fields of psychology and anthropology one might encounter the term “Human Universals”, this term refers to certain behaviors or thought processes that are said to be “hard-wired” into the brain as dictated by the human genomes. Human Universals is one of the arguments against cultural...
