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… used for thousands of years. It is said that the Chinese have been grafting plants since 1000 BC. It was and still is used all over the world. Even Aristotle mentioned it as a metaphor, "If some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild…

… things, even other plants. They have always been very important to people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter and a great many other purposes. Both humans and animals benefit from plants. We eat many…

… production of the Other. It is no longer a question of killing, of devouring or seducing the Other, of facing him, of competing with him, of loving or hating the Other. It is first of all a matter of producing the Other. The Other is no longer an object…

… conformed with the idea that the Earth and its continents had been basically unchanged since the beginning of time. A German meteorologist, Alfred Wegener observed that the coastlines of the seven continents could be fitted together almost perfectly…

… element that is more expensive than gold. The atomic number of platinum is 78. Platinum is one of the transition elements in group 10 of the periodic table. Platinum is the most important of the group of elements called platinum metals. Also included…

… Overkill or Climate Change? Abstract During the late Pleistocene era, which lasted from about 18,000 to 10,000 years ago, North America was filled with giant mammals. These mammals were known as the Pleistocene mega-fauna. At about…

… deficit disorder, in earlier times, was given a variety of names including: minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, hyperkinetic syndrome and hyperactive child syndrome. DSM III (1980), published by the American Psychiatric Association…

… we begin to manufacture one of the most destructive and infamous substances on the face of the Earth once again? The engineers say yes, but the public says no. The United States stopped making this element with the ban on manufacturing…

… Conception After trailing behind the Female Polar Bear for about two months the male Polar Bear then mates with the female Bear. “Females are induced ovulators, which means the act of mating causes a female…

… of the world. This includes Russia, Norway, Greenland, the United States and Canada. They inhabit Arctic Sea ice, water, islands, and continental coastlines. Polar bears prefer sea ice habitat with leads, next to continental coastlines or islands.…