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Genetics is a discipline of biology,
the word "genetics" comes from the Ancient Greek word
for origin. It is the science of heredity. This includes the
study of genes, and the inheritance of variation and traits of living
organisms.[1][2][3]
In the laboratory, genetics can be
studied by mating carefully selected organisms, and analysing their offspring.
More informally, genetics is the study of how parents pass some of their
characteristics to their children. It is an important part of biology, and
gives the basic rules on which evolution acts.
The fact that living
things inherit traits from their parents has been known since prehistoric
times, and used to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding.
However, the modern science of genetics, which seeks to understand the process
of inheritance, only began with the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-nineteenth
century.[4]
Although he did not know the
physical basis for heredity, Mendel observed that organisms inherit traits via
discrete units of inheritance, which are now called genes.
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Written by Monwhea Jeng
Friend asked on the forum
recently if a container of hot water could freeze faster than a container of
cold water. I had heard on some TV program like QI or Horizon that it
could, but I couldn't for the life of me remember how, or why. A bit of
research on the net produced this article, which is republished with
permission:-
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Category: Science and Technology
Written by Steve Gillman
What part of you is only 1% to 3% of
your body's mass, yet uses 20% of all the oxygen you breathe?
Your brain!
Here are ten more brain facts:-
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Written by M.S. Rochell
by
M.S. Rochell
Many people today are trying to save
money on their energy bills and one of the more popular ways is through using
solar energy. How does solar energy work?
Energy from the sun in the form of heat and light is abundantly available to everyone on Earth, even in places that do not get a lot of a sun. Did you know that the Earth receives more energy from the sun in an hour than our entire population can use in an entire year? With all that clean, renewable energy that is coming from the sun every day, it is worthwhile to figure out a way to use it.
Energy from the sun in the form of heat and light is abundantly available to everyone on Earth, even in places that do not get a lot of a sun. Did you know that the Earth receives more energy from the sun in an hour than our entire population can use in an entire year? With all that clean, renewable energy that is coming from the sun every day, it is worthwhile to figure out a way to use it.
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