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wood-sare

(Science: botany) A kind of froth seen on herbs.

Origin: Wood _ Prov. E. Sare for sore. The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.


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A Reminder about Forests

... what these people are like, they'll mine as much gold as they can and won't care about the damage they do. It is the same sort of thing with hard woods, people don't care how many trees they cut down as long as they can get hard woods to sell.

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by Draco
Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:57 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: A Reminder about Forests
Replies: 7
Views: 1600

Re: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

... genes have been shown to have mild affects on human brainsize with empirical evidence demonstrating the alleles to reduce brain volume, slightly (Woods et al, 2006). For example, each additional ASPM allele was associated with a non significant 10.9 cc decrease in brain volume. For MCPH1, each ...

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by bluecafe669
Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
Replies: 18
Views: 12456

Environmental Justice

You may think most environmental problems hurt the little fuzzy animals in the woods, or the slimy things in the water. You're probably aware that they effect humans too. What you might not be aware of is that environmental degradation often unfairly impacts the ...

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by AstusAleator
Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:35 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Environmental Justice
Replies: 7
Views: 1360

God vs Evolution

... "The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged and numerous senses could perceive. And particularly they studied the ...

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by narrowstaircase
Sun May 06, 2007 6:16 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: God vs Evolution
Replies: 266
Views: 26814

The Fiber Disease

Y'know guys, I sort of felt bad about my upsetting the board, so I went to the woods and saw Uncle Cletus. Well, he's a fine old man, he never been married, he aint got no teeth, and heck, he sure does smell sometimes, but he's wise. Like an old oak tree. He said ...

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by al
Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:06 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 748648
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