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Homo Bodoensis

Homo bodoensis is a newly classified species of human ancestor who lived in Africa and parts of southeastern Europe during the Middle Pleistocene. Homo bodoensis is considered to be the most direct ancestor of our species of human, homo sapiens, […]

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Altai-Sayan Region

The Altai-Sayan region is a region of Inner Asia roughly proximate with the Altai Mountains and the Sayan Mountains. The Altai Mountains are a range situated right on the intersection between eastern Mongolia, northeastern China, Russia to the north, and […]

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Native American History

The history of the Native American People spans uncounted generations over thousands of years. Over tens of thousand of years even, watching a single people multiply and divide like a fractal into a diverse range of cultures. Their story begins […]

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Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law is used in the study of series circuits, where it is observed that the voltage applied to a closed circuit is equal to the sum of the voltage drops within that circuit. Another way of expressing this […]

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Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)

Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL) is another statement about the law of conservation of energy within a circuit, affirming the conservation of charge flow. It states that the sum of currents entering a junction is equal to the sum of currents […]

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Working Memory

Working Memory

Working Memory is the aspect of our cognitive system that enables human beings to consider, manipulate, and otherwise bring to mind intellectual information. That is, our ability to bring to mind information stored within the mind, whether that is information […]

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Black Hole Accretion Disk

Black Hole Accretion Disk

A Black Hole Accretion Disk is a massive disk composed of superheated gas, dust, and plasma that rotates around a black hole in an orbital pathway just beyond the event horizon — the spherical region around a black hole singularity […]

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What Is Quantum Mechanics?

What Is Quantum Mechanics?

As ironic as it is, Quantum Mechanics in some ways began with Albert Einstein when he revealed his theory of relativity in the early years of the 20th century. The irony comes from the fact that Einstein was forever at […]

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Atmosphere :: The Sphere of Gas Around Planets and Stars

Atmosphere :: The Sphere of Gas Around Planets and Stars

An atmosphere is the distinct layers of gas surrounding a celestial body, which will typically be a planet, though stars also possess an atmosphere called a stellar atmosphere. The term atmosphere comes from the Greek words $\alpha \tau \mu \omicron […]

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Cosmological Expansion

Cosmological Expansion

Cosmological expansion is a recent breakthrough in our understanding of the universe. It began with the observation that distant galaxies (each containing billions to trillions of stars) found in every direction from our own Milky Way are accelerating away from […]

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