Bones The skeletal system includes the osseous tissues of the body and the connective tissues that stabilize or e skeletal system includes the osseous tissues of the interconnect the individual bones. The bone is a dynamic tissue. Throughout the lifespan, bone adjusts to the physiologic and mechanical demands placed on it by the processes of growth and remodeling. Bone serves the organism at multiple levels: As a system, bones permit the...

Atomic Bomb on Japan Why did America decide to drop the atomic bomb? On August 6, 1945, a plane named “The Enola Gay” carried and deployed the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later Nagasaki became the next and final target struck by the atomic bomb. Combined, these two bombs killed 210,000 people by the end of the year and infected another 352,550 with radiation....

Bollywood vs Hollywood When we think of the movie capital of the world we think of Hollywood, California. Actually, the world’s movie capital is in Bombay. This place is called Bollywood, which is the nickname for the Indian film industry. When comparing Hollywood and Bollywood, there are more differences than similarities. We would assume that the United States produces more movies a year than anywhere else in the world. Bollywood is...

Blood Types The four blood types are known as A, B, AB, and 0. Blood type A contains red blood cells that have a substance A on their surface. This type of blood also contains an antibody directed against substance B, found on the red cells of persons with blood type B. Type B blood contains the reverse combination. Serum of blood type AB contains neither antibody, but red cells in...

Black Sea The area of the Black Sea is 436400 square kilometers, with an average depth of 1,190 meter. Black Sea is the world’s largest Meromictic Basin. Meromictic Basin is that basin in which the deep water and the upper floating water do not get mixed with each other. Black Sea has a positive water balance; the Mediterranean Sea water flows into the Black Sea as a part of two-way hydro-logical...

Black Holes What if I told you the most powerful object in the universe was no bigger than a city? What if I told you it had enough power nothing could escape its grasp, even light? What is this, you ask. A black hole. What is a black hole? A black hole is an old star that has run out of fuel. The pressure created by its fuel keeps the star...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a powerful, controversial and critical topic dealing with disease, genetics, and the use of microorganisms or other biological substances to make industrial or manufacturing processes. Biotechnology has spawned many new ideas and discoveries to benefit society. It plays a part in healing the sick with antibiotics and vaccines, hybridization in plants to produce bigger and more desirable food crops, sterilization of food goods and equipment, and understanding genetics...

Bill Gates Co-founder of Microsoft, Born William H. Gates on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Skinny, shy and awkward, teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father, powerfully built and 6’6″ tall, was a prominent Seattle attorney, and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic, young Bill, a middle child, was...