General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

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Hevea brasiliensis , a member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) and a native of the Amazon valley. It is the natural source of commercial rubber. The tree may become 60–100 ft (18–30 m) tall and ...

homo heidelbergensis

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Homo heidelbergensis is a species of extinct humans that lived in Europe and possibly also in Africa and Asia approximately 600–300 ka (that is, thousand years before the present) in the time period ...

morotopithecus

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Morotopithecus bishopi is a fossil ape species from northeastern Uganda dated to be more than 20.6 million years old. The fossils of Morotopithecus suggest that it was capable of modern apelike ...

rosemary

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Rosmarinus officinalis , a member of the mint family, grown for its highly aromatic leaves and as an ornamental. Rosemary is an evergreen and perennial which can live as long as 20 years under ...

sugarcane

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Saccharum officinarum , a member of the grass family. This crop originated in New Guinea about 8000–15,000 B.C ., and was later moved by primitive humans westward into Southeast Asia and India and ...

jojoba

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Simmondsia chinensis , the only plant known to produce and store a liquid wax in its seed. The jojoba plant is native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is tolerant of some of the ...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the horse

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Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium ( Fig. 1 ) that can be found commonly in or on various animal species, including humans. It is an opportunistic pathogen, that is, a bacterium that ...