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Lock step

a mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.


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Evolution of Faith

... tests comparing chimps to human children (about 6 years old if I remember correctly). They were given an opaque box with some pointless "locks" (not knowing that they were pointless) that they have to push with a tool and at the end they got candy or food. The chimps and the children ...

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by HappyProletariat
Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:27 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution of Faith
Replies: 2
Views: 483

inheritance of white locks of hair

Ok, so what is the deal with a white lock of hair in humans. I have been told 3 things: 1. it is a somatic mutation, and thus not passed on to ofspring - by a high-school book 2. it is a case of mitotic crossing-over - by a Genetics PhD, super college profesor dude 3. it is a "family character&...

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by MrMistery
Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:45 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: inheritance of white locks of hair
Replies: 2
Views: 609

The Fiber Disease

... What a horrible person I am. Go back to spamming me with a virus or threatening me with nasty posts. You are only a computer genius that has dread locks like I said on the first day I found out who you were and these people thougth I was not telling the truth. I have been telling the truth about ...

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by RANDY
Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:31 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749205

breathing rate

... we monitor carbon dioxide, which is just dissolved in the plasma and easier to get at. That's why carbon monoxide poisoning is so insidious - it locks onto hemoglobin, lowering oxygen levels, but your hypothalamus can't detect that, so you just continue to breathe normally.

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by Darby
Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:22 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: breathing rate
Replies: 4
Views: 1728

Ph

... more acidic. (5.8-6) where alkaline is (7)plus on the PH scale but if acidity is too low then it is detrimental for various reasons. one is it locks up nutrients that would otherwise be available for plants, and also is a reason for fish decline in lakes. The coral reefs are damaged from acid ...

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by Linn
Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:40 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Ph
Replies: 2
Views: 1699
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