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Bridges Bristletails Brittle star Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae) Bronchitis Brown dwarf Brownian motion Brucellosis Bryophyte Bubonic plague Buckminsterfullerene Buckthorn Buckwheat Buds and budding Buffer Building design/architecture Bulbuls Bunsen burner Buoyancy, principle of Buret Burn Bustards Buttercup Butterflies Butterfly fish Butyl group Butylated hydroxyanisole Butylated hydroxytoluene Buzzards...
Coffee plant Cogeneration Cognition Cold, common Collagen Colloid Colobus monkeys Color Color blindness Colugos Coma Combinatorics Combustion Comet Hale-Bopp Comets Commensalism Community ecology Commutative property Compact disc Competition Complementary DNA Complex Complex numbers Composite family Composite materials Composting Compound, chemical Compton effect Compulsion Computer, analog Computer, digital Computer languages Computer memory, physical and virtual memory Computer software Computer virus Computerized axial tomography Concentration Concrete Conditioning Condors Congenital Congruence (triangle) Conic sections Conifer Connective tissue Conservation Conservation laws...
Echolocation Eclipses Ecological economics Ecological integrity Ecological monitoring Ecological productivity Ecological pyramids Ecology Ecosystem Ecotone Ecotourism Edema Eel grass El Niño and La Niña Eland Elapid snakes Elasticity Electric arc Electric charge Electric circuit Electric conductor Electric current Electric motor Electric vehicles Electrical conductivity Electrical power supply Electrical resistance Electricity Electrocardiogram (ECG) Electroencephalogram (EEG) Electrolysis Electrolyte Electromagnetic field Electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic spectrum Electromagnetism Electromotive force Electron Electron cloud Electronics Electrophoresis Electrostatic devices Element, chemical Element, families of Element, transuranium Elements, formation of Elephant Elephant shrews
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Histamine Historical geology Hoatzin Hodgkin’s disease Holly family (Aquifoliaceae) Hologram and holography Homeostasis Honeycreepers Honeyeaters Hoopoe Horizon Hormones Hornbills Horse chestnut Horsehair worms Horses Horseshoe crabs Horsetails Horticulture Hot spot Hovercraft Hubble Space Telescope Human artificial chromosomes Human chorionic gonadotropin Human cloning Human ecology Human evolution Human Genome Project Humidity Hummingbirds Humus Huntington disease Hybrid Hydra Hydrocarbon Hydrocephalus Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Hydrofoil Hydrogen Hydrogen chloride Hydrogen peroxide Hydrogenation Hydrologic cycle Hydrology Hydrolysis Hydroponics Hydrosphere Hydrothermal vents...
Microclimate Microorganisms Microscope Microscopy Microtechnology Microwave communication Migraine headache Migration Mildew Milkweeds Milky Way Miller-Urey Experiment Millipedes Mimicry Mineralogy Minerals Mining Mink Minnows Minor planets Mint family Mir Space Station Mirrors Miscibility Mistletoe Mites Mitosis Mixture, chemical Möbius strip Mockingbirds and thrashers Mode Modular arithmetic Mohs’ scale Mold Mole Mole-rats Molecular biology Molecular formula Molecular geometry Molecular weight Molecule Moles Mollusks Momentum Monarch flycatchers Mongooses Monitor lizards Monkeys
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Nucleic acid Nucleon Nucleus, cellular Numbat Number theory Numeration systems Nut Nuthatches Nutmeg Nutrient deficiency diseases Nutrients Nutrition Nux vomica tree...
Prairie dog Prairie falcon Praying mantis Precession of the equinoxes Precious metals Precipitation Predator Prenatal surgery Prescribed burn Pressure Prey Primates Prime numbers Primroses Printing Prions Prism Probability theory Proboscis monkey Projective geometry Prokaryote Pronghorn Proof Propyl group Prosimians Prosthetics Proteas Protected area Proteins Proteomics Protista Proton Protozoa Psychiatry Psychoanalysis Psychology Psychometry Psychosis Psychosurgery Puberty Puffbirds Puffer fish Pulsar Punctuated equilibrium Pyramid Pythagorean theorem Pythons...
Vacuum Vacuum tube Valence Van Allen belts Van der Waals forces Vapor pressure Variable Variable stars Variance Varicella zoster virus Variola virus Vegetables Veins Velocity Venus Verbena family (Verbenaceae) Vertebrates Video recording Violet family (Violaceae) Vipers Viral genetics Vireos Virtual particles Virtual reality Virus Viscosity Vision Vision disorders Vitamin Viviparity Vivisection Volatility Volcano Voles Volume Voyager spacecraft Vulcanization Vultures VX agent...
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Theodore Snow Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Fellow, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado Michael J. Sullivan, M.D., Ph.D., FRACP Cancer Genetics Laboratory University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand Constance K. Stein, Ph.D. Director of Cytogenetics, Assistant Director of Molecular Diagnostics SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York Robert Wolke Professor emeritus Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Richard Addison Wood Meteorological Consultant Tucson, Arizona Diego F. Wyszynski, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts Rashmi Venkateswaran Undergraduate Lab Coordinator Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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lacewings (Berothidae), ithonid lacewings (Ithonidae), and giant lacewings (Polystoechotidae) are relatively rare groups....
Buffers—Combinations of acids, bases, and salts that neutralize changes in pH. Humectant—A moisturizing agent, often used in cosmetics. Isomers—Two molecules in which the number of atoms and the types of atoms are identical, but their arrangement in space is different, resulting in different chemical and physical properties. Mordant—A chemical that helps fabrics accept dyes more readily. Polarized light—Light that vibrates in a single plane, as opposed to ordinary light that vibrates in all planes....
Rabbits and hares of North America
North America is home to 15 species of rabbits and hares. All of these are rather abundant within their range. These medium-sized herbivores are important sources of food for many species of predatory birds and mammals, and they are also commonly hunted by people. The most familiar native rabbit in much of North America is the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), a relatively small species that typically weighs about 2.43.3 lb (1.1-1.5 kg), with females being slightly larger than males. The common name of this rabbit comes from its tail, which is white underneath and is held erect when running. The eastern cottontail is common in shrubby thickets in the vicinity of forest, orchards, and meadows. This rabbit is abundant across southeastern North America, extending into Mexico. The eastern cottontail has significantly expanded its range during the past century, probably because of improved habitat that has resulted from various human influences, especially the conversion of closed forests into certain types of agricultural and forestry ecosystems. The cottontail rabbit is active all year, eating foliage of a wide range of plants when available, and buds and twigs of woody plants during the winter. Cottontails begin to mate during the winter, and the females (does) bear their first litters of two to seven young in the springtime, and may have three or more litters per year. This sort of explosive reproductive potential is typical of rabbits and hares, and it is not surprising that so many predators depend on these fertile animals as food. Other common rabbits of North America include the mountain cottontail (S. nuttalli) of mountainous regions of the west, the desert cottontail (S. auduboni) of arid regions of the southwest, the brush rabbit (S. bachmani) of Oregon and California, and the swamp and marsh rabbits (S. aquaticus and S. palustris, respectively) of wet habitats in the southeast. The latter two species take readily to the water and swim well. All of these rabbits are abundant, and are hunted over much of their range.
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