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Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a measurement of the variation in time between each successive heart beat. A person who is more relaxed may experience greater variability in their heart rate as it changes its pace organically, resulting in greater […]
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The Tangent Problem
The word tangent itself is derived from the Latin word tangens, which means “touching.” In mathematics and in geometry, a tangent line is a line drawn that touches a curve at an angle perfectly parallel to that particular section of […]
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The Difference Between Mass and Weight
The difference between mass and weight is that they are quantities which ultimately mean different things, are measured differently, relate to different physical quantities and relationships. They are related to one another, sure. However, they are not the same. Our […]
Continue ReadingHomo 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, […]
Continue ReadingAltai-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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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 […]
Continue ReadingKirchhoff’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 […]
Continue ReadingKirchhoff’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 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
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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