Pilot Tips for Dealing with Control Towers & Air Traffic Controllers (ATC)
Learning to speak with ATC is stressful and intimidating. It takes time to learn all the lingo and also to develop an ear for interpreting garbled …
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What are the Causes for Albinism? Learn About the Genetics of Albinism in Humans & Causes for Hypopigmentation
People with albinism have hypopigmentation in their hair, skin, or eyes. What causes it? Genetic mutations that affect production of the pigment …
Continue ReadingFacts About Saturn's Rings: Discovery, Materials, Number of Rings, and Other Information
Saturn is not the only ringed planet in the solar system – Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings – but it does by far display the …
Continue ReadingNASA Facts, Achievements, Discoveries, and Goals for the Future
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has made plenty of headlines over the past 50 years, but some facts about the agency might …
Continue ReadingApplications of Radioisotopes in Medical Imaging
Radioisotopes are used frequently in medical imaging processes. Find out their major applications.
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts About the International Space Station (ISS)
Did you know that the ISS will be visible to more than 90 percent of the world’s population once fully assembled? Here are some more astonishing facts …
Continue ReadingMetagenomics: Getting Closer to Microbes
Planet Earth is home to billions upon billions of microbes. Most of them are invisible to the naked eye, but now it’s time to get a little more …
Continue ReadingPolitical Views - Are they Shaped by Genetics? Is a Belief in Political Issues Governed by Genes?
Whether you’re left, right or play it straight down the middle, is there a chance that your political views are hard-wired into your genes? One …
Continue ReadingStem Cell Tissue Engineering
Stem cell tissue engineering has offered us a new and improved way to treat illnesses and diseases. Adult stem cells are proving themselves useful in …
Continue ReadingUsing Solar Sails to Power Spacecraft: How it Works and Advantages of Solar Propulsion
Since humanity reached for the stars, the chemical rocket remains our chariot. What other ways are there to fly in space and stop being earthbound? …
Continue ReadingArtificially Sustaining Life - Social and Personal Costs
This article examines the societal and familial costs of maintaining a patient on life-support. Read the previous “Artificially Sustaining …
Continue ReadingArtificially Sustaining Life -- Right or Wrong?
This article examines the life-sustaining techniques that doctors use to keep ill patients alive past the point of normal survival – culminating …
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