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Biology is a branch of science that deals with the study of life. Hence, it is also called life science. The simple curiosity of human beings to observe nature and the human basic instincts for survival and gathering food probably had a role in the birth and development of biology. Biology ..

In photosynthesis, light energy is converted to chemical energy and carbon is fixed into organic compounds. Light energy is captured by the living world by means of pigments. The pigments involved in photosynthesis in eukaryotes include the chlorophyll and carotenoids. Light absorbed by t..

"The Letter" is a touching story of an old man who is all alone and waits for his only daughter's letter for five long years. He receives that letter only at his grave but for that he pays a price. While living a lonely, morbid life, he undergoes some strange experiences of life in his interac..

The fundamental principle of counting (F.P.C) states that if an operation can be performed in m different ways and if for each such choice, another operation can be performed in n different ways, then both operations, in succession can be performed in exactly mn different ..

Today most of our energy needs are supplied by the fossil fuels. In one hundred years coal will be the only one left as petroleum products may remain only for 3 to 4 decades. Little of stored energy will be left if we continue to use energy at the same rate. Fossil fuels are non-renewable. The ener..

Science is the way by which a person gets at the truth or at least as close to truth as possible. The basis of science is its orderly stepwise procedure - the scientific metho..

International System of (SI) unit has been adopted for measurement by scientists all over the world. Three fundamental units needed in physics are those of lengths, mass and time. Units of all other physical quantities we come across in physics are derived from these fundamental units...

Plants and animals occupy diverse habitats. It may not be possible to study most of them in their natural habitat. Attempts have been made to preserve the plants and animals in a form suitable for scientific studies. Such attempts have resulted in the establishment of herbaria, botanical ga..

Ode to the West Wind is a poem addressed to the west wind. It is personified both as a "Destroyer" and a "Preserver". It is seen as a great power of nature that destroys in order to create, that kills the unhealthy and the decaying to make way for the new and the fresh. The personific..

. They searched for the scorpion with candles and lanterns. They clicked their tongues that the mother's sufferings may decrease "the misfortunes of her next birth". They also prayed that the sum of evil may be balanced in this unreal world against the sum of good that she had done. They ..