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Consciousness has always been and continues to be one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. The state of being conscious refers to how our physical and psychological experiences contribute to our perception of existence, which prompts the awareness of the self. The awareness of the self is what allows
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What is Temperament? Temperament is the way children respond to the world, influencing the way they handle emotions, regulate behaviour, feel around new people and adapt to new environments. These individual characteristics are assumed to have a biological basis, appear early in development and play a role in subsequent social
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Katherine Johnson has been noted as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist. Her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, NACA, is exemplary as she mastered complex calculations and pioneered the use of computers in her field. In fact, the success of the first
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Hypatia was one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria as well as one of the first women to study and teach mathematics, astronomy and philosophy. Though remembered more for her brutal death on the streets of Alexandria in the year 415, her life was an interesting and dramatic
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Arguably no other human organ is as emotionally charged as the heart. When we speak of the heart, we often refer to it not only as a muscle but as the center of many passionate emotions. The most obvious association we tend to make with the heart is love. It
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Mae Carol Jemison, born October 17, 1956, is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She is known for being the first African-American woman to travel into space, serving as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour during which it visited the Earth for nearly eight days on
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Marie Curie, a Polish-French physicist and chemist, was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, as well as the only woman to be awarded the prize in two different fields. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics together with her husband, Pierre Curie, in 1903. And in 1911
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Robotic surgery debuted in 1985, when the first surgical robot, PUMA 560, was used in a brain biopsy procedure. One might be surprised to find out that the idea of robotics being utilised during surgery was thought of as early as in 1967, considering the first robot was invented only
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The Origins of Zeno's Paradoxes The origins of paradoxes and how Zeno of Elea contributed to their development. The Origins of Paradoxes The term paradox comes from the Greek para ("contrary to") and doxa ("opinion). The exact definition of the word has evolved over time.
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Criminal profiling describes the method use to make inferences about the physical, habitual, emotional and psychological characteristics of suspected criminals. This is used to identify likely suspects and even predict future offences and victims. The Roots of Criminal Profiling Criminal profiling dates back to the late nineteenth century when two
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Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with the study of the relationship between the sides and angles of a right-angle triangle. Thus, it helps in finding the measure of unknown dimensions of a right-angled triangle using trigonometric formulas, functions, or trigonometric identities. There are six functions of an
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It is safe to assume that many of us are familiar with the quadratic formula, which allows one to find the root(s) of quadratic equations in the form of ax²+bx+c=0. A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation in which the highest power of x is exactly