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The social construction of human sexuality and sexual behavior—along with its taboos, regulation, and social and political impact—has had a profound effect...

Stem-loop intramolecular base pairing is a pattern that can occur in single-stranded RNA. The structure is also known as a hairpin or hairpin loop. It...

Upper motor neurons (UMNs) is a term introduced by William Gowers in 1886. They are found in the cerebral cortex and brainstem and carry information down...

Gular skin (throat skin), in ornithology, is an area of featherless skin on birds that joins the lower mandible of the beak (or bill) to the bird's neck...

Monocular deprivation is an experimental technique used by neuroscientists to study central nervous system plasticity. Generally, one of an animal's eyes...

An International Cultivation Registration Authority (ICRA) is an organization responsible for ensuring that the names of plant cultivars and cultivar groups...

Christian Jouanin (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ ʒwanɛ̃]; 1925 – 8 November 2014) was a prominent French ornithologist and expert on petrels. He worked...

Neuron is a simulation environment for modeling individual and networks of neurons. It was primarily developed by Michael Hines, John W. Moore, and Ted...

There have been a number of economic arguments advanced regarding evaluation of the benefits of biodiversity. Most are anthropocentric but economists have...

Whegs (wheel-legs or wing-legs) are mechanisms for robot locomotion. Whegs use a strategy of locomotion that combines the simplicity of the wheel with...

The Tan rabbit is a small fancy breed of rabbit shown throughout the world. While originally from England, it has gained popularity in the United States...

Pianissima (January 13, 2003 - October 2015) was an Arabian mare foaled at Janów Podlaski State Stud in Poland. She established a remarkable record in...

The mangroves of the Straits of Malacca are found along the coast of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and northern Sumatra. These tropical mangrove forests...

Tour de Turtles: A Sea Turtle Migration Marathon, or simply Tour de Turtles, is an annual online migration-tracking event hosted by the Caribbean Conservation...

Marionia cucullata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae. Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca &...

Mixed-cell lymphomas are lymphomas that have both large cells and small cells in them.[citation needed] This nomenclature is derived from an older system...