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2072849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lath | Lath | A lath or slat is a thin, narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles, on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster, and in lattice and trellis work.
Lath has expanded to mean any type of backing material for plaster. This includes metal wire mesh or expanded metal that is applie... | Technology | Building materials | null |
2073309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef%20lobster | Reef lobster | Reef lobsters, Enoplometopus, are a genus of small lobsters that live on reefs in the Indo-Pacific, Caribbean and warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean.
Description
Species of Enoplometopus occur from coral reefs at depths of less than to rocky reefs at depths of . They are brightly coloured, with stripes, rings, or spo... | Biology and health sciences | Crayfishes and lobsters | Animals |
2073470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold | Manifold | In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point. More precisely, an -dimensional manifold, or -manifold for short, is a topological space with the property that each point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to an open subset of -dimensional Euclidean space.
... | Mathematics | Geometry | null |
2076709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete%20slab | Concrete slab | A concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel-reinforced slabs, typically between 100 and 500 mm thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, while thinner mud slabs may be used for exterior paving .
In many dom... | Technology | Building materials | null |
30552217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar%20mass | Stellar mass | Stellar mass is a phrase that is used by astronomers to describe the mass of a star. It is usually enumerated in terms of the Sun's mass as a proportion of a solar mass (). Hence, the bright star Sirius has around . A star's mass will vary over its lifetime as mass is lost with the stellar wind or ejected via pulsation... | Physical sciences | Stellar astronomy | Astronomy |
22965409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormyrinae | Mormyrinae | The subfamily Mormyrinae contains all but one of the genera of the African freshwater fish family Mormyridae in the order Osteoglossiformes. They are often called elephantfish due to a long protrusion below their mouths used to detect buried invertebrates that is suggestive of a tusk or trunk (some such as Marcuseni... | Biology and health sciences | Osteoglossiformes | Animals |
29029594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20head | Human head | In human anatomy, the head is at the top of the human body. It supports the face and is maintained by the skull, which itself encloses the brain.
Structure
The human head consists of a fleshy outer portion, which surrounds the bony skull. The brain is enclosed within the skull. There are 22 bones in the human head.... | Biology and health sciences | Human anatomy | Health |
2887043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumb%20bob | Plumb bob | A plumb bob, plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference line, or plumb-line. It is a precursor to the spirit level and used to establish a vertical datum. It is typically made of stone, wood, or lead, but ca... | Technology | Surveying tools | null |
35783123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%20bear | Grizzly bear | The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
In addition to the mainland grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis), other morphological forms of brown bear in North America are sometimes iden... | Biology and health sciences | Bears | Animals |
24479046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary%20mass | Planetary mass | In astronomy, planetary mass is a measure of the mass of a planet-like astronomical object. Within the Solar System, planets are usually measured in the astronomical system of units, where the unit of mass is the solar mass (), the mass of the Sun. In the study of extrasolar planets, the unit of measure is typically th... | Physical sciences | Planetary science | Astronomy |
21495014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook%20%28bird%29 | Rook (bird) | The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area ... | Biology and health sciences | Corvoidea | Animals |
21496038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactation | Lactation | Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young. The process naturally occurs with all sexually mature female mammals, although it may predate mammals. The process of feeding milk in all female creatures is called nursing, and in humans i... | Biology and health sciences | Animal reproduction | Biology |
5219699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Genome%20Project | Human Genome Project | The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint. It started in 1990 and was completed in... | Biology and health sciences | Genetics | Biology |
5225951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinlong | Yinlong | Yinlong (, meaning "hidden dragon") is a genus of basal ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of China. By far the earliest known ceratopsian, it was a small, primarily bipedal herbivore.
Discovery and species
A coalition of American and Chinese paleontologists, including Xu Xing, Catherine Forster, Jim ... | Biology and health sciences | Ornitischians | Animals |
31591547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram | Instagram | Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers. Users can... | Technology | Social network and blogging | null |
25893496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20of%20purples | Line of purples | In color theory, the line of purples or purple boundary is the locus on the edge of the chromaticity diagram formed between extreme spectral red and violet. Except for these endpoints of the line, colors on the line are non-spectral (no monochromatic light source can generate them). Rather, every color on the line is a... | Physical sciences | Basics | Physics |
1431559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core%E2%80%93mantle%20boundary | Core–mantle boundary | The core–mantle boundary (CMB) of Earth lies between the planet's silicate mantle and its liquid iron–nickel outer core, at a depth of below Earth's surface. The boundary is observed via the discontinuity in seismic wave velocities at that depth due to the differences between the acoustic impedances of the solid mantl... | Physical sciences | Tectonics | Earth science |
1431997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse%20%28color%29 | Chartreuse (color) | Chartreuse (, , ), also known as yellow-green or greenish yellow, is a color between yellow and green. It was named because of its resemblance to the French liqueur green chartreuse, introduced in 1764. Similarly, chartreuse yellow is a yellow color mixed with a small amount of green, named after the drink yellow chart... | Physical sciences | Colors | Physics |
1432127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode%20%28statistics%29 | Mode (statistics) | In statistics, the mode is the value that appears most often in a set of data values. If is a discrete random variable, the mode is the value at which the probability mass function takes its maximum value (i.e., ). In other words, it is the value that is most likely to be sampled.
Like the statistical mean and media... | Mathematics | Statistics and probability | null |
1432191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20encephalitis | Japanese encephalitis | Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection of the brain caused by the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). While most infections result in little or no symptoms, occasional inflammation of the brain occurs. In these cases, symptoms may include headache, vomiting, fever, confusion and seizures. This occurs about 5 to 15 d... | Biology and health sciences | Viral diseases | Health |
1432541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charophyta | Charophyta | Charophyta () is a group of freshwater green algae, called charophytes (), sometimes treated as a division, yet also as a superdivision or an unranked clade. The terrestrial plants, the Embryophyta emerged deep within Charophyta, possibly from terrestrial unicellular charophytes, with the class Zygnematophyceae as a si... | Biology and health sciences | Green algae | null |
1432856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoarchean | Mesoarchean | The Mesoarchean ( , also spelled Mesoarchaean) is a geologic era in the Archean Eon, spanning , which contains the first evidence of modern-style plate subduction and expansion of microbial life. The era is defined chronometrically and is not referenced to a specific level in a rock section on Earth.
Tectonics
The M... | Physical sciences | Geological timescale | Earth science |
1434441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy%20%28game%20theory%29 | Strategy (game theory) | In game theory, a move, action, or play is any one of the options which a player can choose in a setting where the optimal outcome depends not only on their own actions but on the actions of others. The discipline mainly concerns the action of a player in a game affecting the behavior or actions of other players. Some ... | Mathematics | Game theory | null |
1435586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra%20giant%20tortoise | Aldabra giant tortoise | The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae and genus Aldabrachelys. The species is endemic to the Seychelles, with the nominate subspecies, A. g. gigantea native to Aldabra atoll. It is one of the largest tortoises in the world. Historically, giant tortoises ... | Biology and health sciences | Turtles | Animals |
29043290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repowering | Repowering | Repowering is the process of replacing older power stations with newer ones that either have a greater nameplate capacity or more efficiency which results in a net increase of power generated. Repowering can happen in several different ways. It can be as small as switching out and replacing a boiler, to as large as rep... | Technology | Concepts | null |
35804058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thick%20disk | Thick disk | The thick disk is one of the structural components of about 2/3 of all disk galaxies, including the Milky Way. It was discovered first in external edge-on galaxies. Soon after, it was proposed as a distinct galactic structure in the Milky Way, different from the thin disk and the halo in the 1983 article by Gilmore & R... | Physical sciences | Basics_2 | Astronomy |
3871889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater%20butterflyfish | Freshwater butterflyfish | The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a species of osteoglossiform fish native to freshwater habitats in the Niger and Congo basins of western and central Africa. It is the only extant species in the family Pantodontidae. It is not closely related to saltwater butterflyfishes.
E... | Biology and health sciences | Osteoglossiformes | Animals |
3875027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic%20sediment | Pelagic sediment | Pelagic sediment or pelagite is a fine-grained sediment that accumulates as the result of the settling of particles to the floor of the open ocean, far from land. These particles consist primarily of either the microscopic, calcareous or siliceous shells of phytoplankton or zooplankton; clay-size siliciclastic sediment... | Physical sciences | Sedimentology | Earth science |
3875072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wels%20catfish | Wels catfish | The wels catfish ( or ; Silurus glanis), also called sheatfish or just wels, is a large species of catfish native to wide areas of central, southern, and eastern Europe, in the basins of the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas. It has been introduced to Western Europe as a prized sport fish and is now found from the United... | Biology and health sciences | Siluriformes | Animals |
24484686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt%20%28interface%29 | Thunderbolt (interface) | Thunderbolt is the brand name of a hardware interface for the connection of external peripherals to a computer. It was developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple. It was initially marketed under the name Light Peak, and first sold as part of an end-user product on 24 February 2011.
Thunderbolt combines PCI Express... | Technology | User interface | null |
2078218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange%20%28road%29 | Interchange (road) | In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, using a system of interconnecting roadways to permit traffic on at least one of ... | Technology | Road infrastructure | null |
2079927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation%20sprinkler | Irrigation sprinkler | An irrigation sprinkler (also known as a water sprinkler or simply a sprinkler) is a device used to irrigate (water) agricultural crops, lawns, landscapes, golf courses, and other areas. They are also used for cooling and for the control of airborne dust. Sprinkler irrigation is the method of applying water in a contro... | Technology | Farm and garden machinery | null |
2081868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric%20iron | Meteoric iron | Meteoric iron, sometimes meteoritic iron, is a native metal and early-universe protoplanetary-disk remnant found in meteorites and made from the elements iron and nickel, mainly in the form of the mineral phases kamacite and taenite. Meteoric iron makes up the bulk of iron meteorites but is also found in other meteorit... | Physical sciences | Minerals | Earth science |
2888531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20squirrel | Tree squirrel | Tree squirrels are the members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) commonly just referred to as "squirrels". They include more than 100 arboreal species native to all continents except Antarctica and Oceania.
They do not form a single natural, or monophyletic, group; they are variously related to others in the squirrel... | Biology and health sciences | Rodents | Animals |
2888579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciurus | Sciurus | The genus Sciurus ( or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.
Species
The number of species in the genus is subject to change.
In 2005, Thorington & Hoffman- whose taxonomic interpretation is followed by the IUCN website- accep... | Biology and health sciences | Rodents | Animals |
2889448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder%20coating | Powder coating | Powder coating is a type of coating that is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. Unlike conventional liquid paint, which is delivered via an evaporating solvent, powder coating is typically applied electrostatically and then cured under heat or with ultraviolet light. The powder may be a thermoplastic or a thermosett... | Technology | Metallurgy | null |
2889934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placodontia | Placodontia | Placodonts ("tablet teeth") are an extinct order of marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic period, becoming extinct at the end of the period. They were part of Sauropterygia, the group that includes plesiosaurs. Placodonts were generally between in length, with some of the largest measuring long.
The first s... | Biology and health sciences | Prehistoric marine reptiles | Animals |
2889996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplet%20oxygen | Triplet oxygen | Triplet oxygen, 3O2, refers to the S = 1 electronic ground state of molecular oxygen (dioxygen). Molecules of triplet oxygen contain two unpaired electrons, making triplet oxygen an unusual example of a stable and commonly encountered diradical: it is more stable as a triplet than a singlet. According to molecular orb... | Physical sciences | Group 16 | Chemistry |
934744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevus | Nevus | Nevus (: nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. The term originates from nævus, which is Latin for "birthmark"; however, a nevus can be either congenital (present at birth) or acquired. Common terms, including mole, birthmark, and beauty mark, are used to... | Biology and health sciences | Symptoms and signs | Health |
934777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tui%20na | Tui na | Tui na (; ) is a form of alternative medicine similar to shiatsu. As a branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi or other Chinese internal martial arts, and qigong.
Background
Tui na is a hands-on body treatment that... | Biology and health sciences | Alternative and traditional medicine | Health |
935178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosoma | Trypanosoma | Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids (class Trypanosomatidae), a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. Trypanosoma is part of the phylum Euglenozoa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek trypano- (borer) and soma (body) because of their corkscrew-like motion. Most trypanosomes are he... | Biology and health sciences | Excavata | Plants |
935979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla%20%28unit%29 | Tesla (unit) | The tesla (symbol: T) is the unit of magnetic flux density (also called magnetic B-field strength) in the International System of Units (SI).
One tesla is equal to one weber per square metre. The unit was announced during the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1960 and is named in honour of Serbian-America... | Physical sciences | Electromagnetism | null |
937029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20oryx | Arabian oryx | The Arabian oryx or white oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 19... | Biology and health sciences | Bovidae | Animals |
937446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated%20bus | Articulated bus | An articulated bus, also referred to as a slinky bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, is an articulated vehicle, typically a motor bus or trolleybus, used in public transportation. It is usually a single-decker, and comprises two or more rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint ... | Technology | Motorized road transport | null |
937971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism | Endemism | Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwest... | Biology and health sciences | Ecology | Biology |
938004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelet | Lancelet | The lancelets ( ), also known as amphioxi (: amphioxus ), consist of 32 described species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the subphylum Cephalochordata, class Leptocardii, and family Branchiostomatidae.
Lancelets diverged from other chordates during or prior to the Cambrian period. A number of foss... | Biology and health sciences | Chordata (except vertebrates) | Animals |
938177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal%20chemistry | Medicinal chemistry | Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacy involved with designing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and development of new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use. It also includes t... | Physical sciences | Chemistry: General | null |
938385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20recorder | Flight recorder | A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. The device may often be referred to colloquially as a "black box", an outdated name which has become a misnomer—they are now required to be painted bright oran... | Technology | Aircraft components | null |
938631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antineutron | Antineutron | The antineutron is the antiparticle of the neutron with symbol . It differs from the neutron only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign. It has the same mass as the neutron, and no net electric charge, but has opposite baryon number (+1 for neutron, −1 for the antineutron). This is becau... | Physical sciences | Antimatter | Physics |
33112993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvis | Pelvis | The pelvis (: pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of an anatomical trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).
The pelvic region of the trunk includes the bony pelvis, the pelvic cavity (... | Biology and health sciences | Skeletal system | null |
6864370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outgoing%20longwave%20radiation | Outgoing longwave radiation | In climate science, longwave radiation (LWR) is electromagnetic thermal radiation emitted by Earth's surface, atmosphere, and clouds. It is also referred to as terrestrial radiation. This radiation is in the infrared portion of the spectrum, but is distinct from the shortwave (SW) near-infrared radiation found in sunli... | Physical sciences | Climate change | Earth science |
37168114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironstone%20china | Ironstone china | Ironstone china, ironstone ware or most commonly just ironstone, is a type of vitreous pottery first made in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. It is often classed as earthenware although in appearance and properties it is similar to fine stoneware. It was developed in the 19th century by potters in Staffor... | Technology | Materials | null |
21510668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s%20law | Pascal's law | Pascal's law (also Pascal's principle or the principle of transmission of fluid-pressure) is a principle in fluid mechanics given by Blaise Pascal that states that a pressure change at any point in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted throughout the fluid such that the same change occurs everywhere. The law w... | Physical sciences | Fluid mechanics | Physics |
3879451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming%20computer | Gaming computer | A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards. They typically differ from mainstream personal computers by using high-performance graphics cards, a high core-count CPU with higher raw performance and higher-performance RAM. Gaming PCs ar... | Technology | Computer hardware | null |
3879598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tension%20%28physics%29 | Tension (physics) | Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object. In terms of force, it is the opposite of compression. Tension might also be described as the action-reaction pair of forces acting ... | Physical sciences | Solid mechanics | Physics |
3881049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing%20Rail%20Transit | Chongqing Rail Transit | The Chongqing Rail Transit (branded as CRT; also known as Chongqing Metro) is the rapid transit system in the city of Chongqing, China. In operation since 2005, it serves the transportation needs of the city's main business and entertainment downtown areas and inner suburbs. , CRT consisted of eleven lines, with a tota... | Technology | China | null |
3882225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythroxylum | Erythroxylum | Erythroxylum is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many of the approximately 200 species contain the tropane alkaloid cocaine, and two of the species within this genus, Erythroxylum coca and Erythroxylum novogranatense, both native to South America, are the main commercial source of coc... | Biology and health sciences | Malpighiales | Plants |
1436148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chital | Chital | The chital or cheetal (Axis axis; ), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. A moderate-sized deer, male chital reach and females at... | Biology and health sciences | Deer | Animals |
1437123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-billed%20quelea | Red-billed quelea | The red-billed quelea (; Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately long and weighing —migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
It was named by Linnaeus in 1758, who considered it a bunting, but Ludwig Reichenbac... | Biology and health sciences | Passerida | Animals |
1437235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiobook | Audiobook | An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements.
Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the ... | Technology | Printing | null |
1437768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilkara%20zapota | Manilkara zapota | Manilkara zapota, commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, chicozapote, chicoo, chicle, naseberry, nispero, or
soapapple, among other names, is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico and Central America. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán, in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion, where it is a subdomina... | Biology and health sciences | Tropical and tropical-like fruit | Plants |
1439761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentinite | Serpentinite | Serpentinite is a metamorphic rock composed predominantly of serpentine group minerals formed by serpentinization of mafic or ultramafic rocks. The ancient origin of the name is uncertain; it may be from the similarity of its texture or color to snake skin. Greek pharmacologist Dioscorides (AD 50) recommended eating th... | Physical sciences | Silicate minerals | Earth science |
1439783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentinization | Serpentinization | Serpentinization is a hydration and metamorphic transformation of ferromagnesian minerals, such as olivine and pyroxene, in mafic and ultramafic rock to produce serpentinite. Minerals formed by serpentinization include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and m... | Physical sciences | Silicate minerals | Earth science |
1440511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope%20geochemistry | Isotope geochemistry | Isotope geochemistry is an aspect of geology based upon the study of natural variations in the relative abundances of isotopes of various elements. Variations in isotopic abundance are measured by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry, and can reveal information about the ages and origins of rock, air or water bodies, or pro... | Physical sciences | Geochemistry | Earth science |
2894782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial%20tissue | Facial tissue | Facial tissue and paper handkerchief refers to a class of soft, absorbent, disposable papers that are suitable for use on the face. They are disposable alternatives for cloth handkerchiefs. The terms are commonly used to refer to the type of paper tissue, usually sold in boxes, that is designed to facilitate the expuls... | Biology and health sciences | Hygiene products | Health |
2898991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%20postulate | Planck postulate | The Planck postulate (or Planck's postulate), one of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, is the postulate that the energy of oscillators in a black body is quantized, and is given by
where is an integer (1, 2, 3, ...), is the Planck constant, and (the Greek letter nu) is the frequency of the oscillato... | Physical sciences | Quantum mechanics | Physics |
25916521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20%28physics%29 | Plasma (physics) | Plasma () is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons. It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe, mostly in stars (including the Sun), ... | Physical sciences | States of matter | null |
25921922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible%20color | Impossible color | Impossible colors are colors that do not appear in ordinary visual functioning. Different color theories suggest different hypothetical colors that humans are incapable of perceiving for one reason or another, and fictional colors are routinely created in popular culture. While some such colors have no basis in reality... | Physical sciences | Basics | Physics |
30600763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%20of%20reptiles | Evolution of reptiles | Reptiles arose about 320 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Reptiles, in the traditional sense of the term, are defined as animals that have scales or scutes, lay land-based hard-shelled eggs, and possess ectothermic metabolisms. So defined, the group is paraphyletic, excluding endothermic animals like ... | Biology and health sciences | Basics_4 | Biology |
30607828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobiinae | Gobiinae | True gobies were a subfamily, the Gobiinae, of the goby family Gobiidae, although the 5th edition of the Fishes of the World does not subdivide the Gobiidae into subfamilies. They are found in all oceans and a few rivers and lakes, but most live in warm waters. Altogether, the Gobiinae unite about 1149 described speci... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | Animals |
2083108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglidae | Triglidae | Triglidae, commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, are a family of bottom-feeding scorpaeniform ray-finned fish. The gurnards are distributed in temperate and tropical seas worldwide.
Taxonomy
Triglidae was first described as a family in 1815 by the French polymath and naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. In 18... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | Animals |
2083650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf%20rabbit | Dwarf rabbit | Dwarf rabbit refers either (formally) to a rabbit with the dwarfing gene, or (informally) to any small breed of domestic rabbit or specimen thereof, or (colloquially) to any small rabbit. Dwarfism is a genetic condition that may occur in humans and in many animals, including rabbits. True dwarfism is often associated w... | Biology and health sciences | Rabbits | Animals |
2083830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral%20particle%20oscillation | Neutral particle oscillation | In particle physics, neutral particle oscillation is the transmutation of a particle with zero electric charge into another neutral particle due to a change of a non-zero internal quantum number, via an interaction that does not conserve that quantum number. Neutral particle oscillations were first investigated in 1954... | Physical sciences | Particle physics: General | Physics |
2084166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecanol | Dodecanol | Dodecanol , or lauryl alcohol, is an organic compound produced industrially from palm kernel oil or coconut oil. It is a fatty alcohol. Sulfate esters of lauryl alcohol, especially sodium lauryl sulfate, are very widely used as surfactants. Sodium lauryl sulfate and the related dodecanol derivatives ammonium lauryl sul... | Physical sciences | Alcohols | Chemistry |
2086634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper%20bag | Paper bag | A paper bag is a bag made of paper, usually kraft paper. Paper bags can be made either with virgin or recycled fibres to meet customers' demands. Paper bags are commonly used as shopping carrier bags and for packaging of some consumer goods. They carry a wide range of products from groceries, glass bottles, clothing, b... | Technology | Containers | null |
2086847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostraciidae | Ostraciidae | Ostraciidae or Ostraciontidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera.
Taxonomy
Os... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | Animals |
2088152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium%20nitrite | Ammonium nitrite | Ammonium nitrite is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . It is the ammonium salt of nitrous acid. It is composed of ammonium cations and nitrite anions . It is not used in pure isolated form since it is highly unstable and decomposes into water and nitrogen, even at room temperature.
Preparation
Ammonium n... | Physical sciences | Nitric oxyanions | Chemistry |
2088221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submillimetre%20astronomy | Submillimetre astronomy | Submillimetre astronomy or submillimeter astronomy (see spelling differences) is the branch of observational astronomy that is conducted at submillimetre wavelengths (i.e., terahertz radiation) of the electromagnetic spectrum. Astronomers place the submillimetre waveband between the far-infrared and microwave wavebands... | Physical sciences | Radio astronomy | Astronomy |
23009144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson%20distribution | Poisson distribution | In probability theory and statistics, the Poisson distribution (; ) is a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time if these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event. It can als... | Mathematics | Statistics and probability | null |
5235231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20engineering | Railway engineering | Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines, including civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial ... | Technology | Disciplines | null |
5240327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak%20technique | Dvorak technique | The Dvorak technique (developed between 1969 and 1984 by Vernon Dvorak) is a widely used system to estimate tropical cyclone intensity (which includes tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane/typhoon/intense tropical cyclone intensities) based solely on visible and infrared satellite images. Within the Dvor... | Physical sciences | Storms | Earth science |
21533375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini%20%28constellation%29 | Gemini (constellation) | Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Casto... | Physical sciences | Zodiac | Astronomy |
938894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentation | Sedimentation | Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments. It takes place when particles in suspension settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier. This is due to their motion through the fluid in response to the forces acting on them: these forces can be due to gravity, centrifugal accele... | Physical sciences | Other separations | Chemistry |
939133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular%20programming | Modular programming | Modular programming is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent, interchangeable modules, such that each contains everything necessary to execute only one aspect or "concern" of the desired functionality.
A module interface expresses the elements that are p... | Technology | Software development: General | null |
939182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%207 | Messier 7 | Messier 7 or M7, also designated NGC 6475 and sometimes known as the Ptolemy Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. The cluster is easily detectable with the naked eye, close to the "stinger" of Scorpius. With a declination of −34.8°, it is the southernmost Messier object.
M7 has been k... | Physical sciences | Notable star clusters | Astronomy |
939579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina%20Nebula | Carina Nebula | The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is approximately from Earth.
The nebula has within its b... | Physical sciences | Notable nebulae | null |
940304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podocarpus | Podocarpus | Podocarpus () is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family, the Podocarpaceae. Podocarpus species are evergreen shrubs or trees, usually from tall, known to reach at times. The cones have two to five fused cone scales, which form a fleshy, berry-like, brightly coloured recep... | Biology and health sciences | Gymnosperms | null |
940606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population%20growth | Population growth | Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.2 billion in 2025. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 70 million annually, or 0.85% per year. As of 2024, The United Nations projects that globa... | Biology and health sciences | Ecology | Biology |
941270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus | Giganotosaurus | Giganotosaurus ( ) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the early Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 99.6 to 95 million years ago. The holotype specimen was discovered in the Candeleros Formation of Patagonia in 1993 and is almost 70% complete. The a... | Biology and health sciences | Theropods | Animals |
942048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation | Adaptation | In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the population during that process. Thirdly, it is a phenotypic trait or adaptive tra... | Biology and health sciences | Evolution | null |
943374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon%20Nebula | Lagoon Nebula | The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and has an H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-for... | Physical sciences | Notable nebulae | Astronomy |
944428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaea | Nymphaea | Nymphaea () is a genus of hardy and tender aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Many species are cultivated as ornamental plants, and many cultivars have been bred. Some taxa occur as introduced species where they are not native, and some are weeds. Plants of the genus a... | Biology and health sciences | Nymphaeales | Plants |
944638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20energy%20budget | Earth's energy budget | Earth's energy budget (or Earth's energy balance) is the balance between the energy that Earth receives from the Sun and the energy the Earth loses back into outer space. Smaller energy sources, such as Earth's internal heat, are taken into consideration, but make a tiny contribution compared to solar energy. The energ... | Physical sciences | Climate change | Earth science |
33142291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-surface%20geophysics | Near-surface geophysics | Near-surface geophysics is the use of geophysical methods to investigate small-scale features in the shallow (tens of meters) subsurface. It is closely related to applied geophysics or exploration geophysics. Methods used include seismic refraction and reflection, gravity, magnetic, electric, and electromagnetic method... | Physical sciences | Geophysics | Earth science |
3889704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerging%20technologies | Emerging technologies | Emerging technologies are technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still largely unrealized. These technologies are generally new but also include old technologies finding new applications. Emerging technologies are often perceived as capable of changing the status quo.
Emerging technologies... | Technology | General | null |
3893437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20%28geology%29 | Joint (geology) | A joint is a break (fracture) of natural origin in a layer or body of rock that lacks visible or measurable movement parallel to the surface (plane) of the fracture ("Mode 1" Fracture). Although joints can occur singly, they most frequently appear as joint sets and systems. A joint set is a family of parallel, evenly s... | Physical sciences | Structural geology | Earth science |
30623838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20element%20mineral | Native element mineral | Native element minerals are those elements that occur in nature in uncombined form with a distinct mineral structure. The elemental class includes metals, intermetallic compounds, alloys, metalloids, and nonmetals. The Nickel–Strunz classification system also includes the naturally occurring phosphides, silicides, nitr... | Physical sciences | Minerals | Earth science |
25932382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid%20profile | Lipid profile | A lipid profile or lipid panel is a panel of blood tests used to find abnormalities in blood lipid ( such as cholesterol and triglycerides) concentrations. The results of this test can identify certain genetic diseases and can determine approximate risks for cardiovascular disease, certain forms of pancreatitis, and ot... | Biology and health sciences | Diagnostics | Health |
2899604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeydew%20%28melon%29 | Honeydew (melon) | The honeydew melon is one of the two main cultivar types in Cucumis melo Inodorus Group. It is characterized by the smooth, often green or yellowish rind and lack of musky odor. The other main type in the Inodorus Group is the wrinkle-rind casaba melon.
Characteristics
A honeydew has a round to slightly oval shape, ty... | Biology and health sciences | Melons | Plants |
2899822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinosauridae | Spinosauridae | Spinosauridae (or spinosaurids) is a clade or family of tetanuran theropod dinosaurs comprising ten to seventeen known genera. Spinosaurid fossils have been recovered worldwide, including Africa, Europe, South America and Asia. Their remains have generally been attributed to the Early to Mid Cretaceous.
Spinosaurids w... | Biology and health sciences | Theropods | Animals |
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