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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose () into pyruvate and, in most organisms, occurs in the liquid part of cells (the cytosol). The free energy released in this process is used to form the high-energy molecules adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). Glyco...
Biology and health sciences
Cell processes
null
12666
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon
Gluon
A gluon ( ) is a type of massless elementary particle that mediates the strong interaction between quarks, acting as the exchange particle for the interaction. Gluons are massless vector bosons, thereby having a spin of 1. Through the strong interaction, gluons bind quarks into groups according to quantum chromodynamic...
Physical sciences
Bosons
null
12673
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois%20group
Galois group
In mathematics, in the area of abstract algebra known as Galois theory, the Galois group of a certain type of field extension is a specific group associated with the field extension. The study of field extensions and their relationship to the polynomials that give rise to them via Galois groups is called Galois theory,...
Mathematics
Abstract algebra
null
12695
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20representation
Group representation
In the mathematical field of representation theory, group representations describe abstract groups in terms of bijective linear transformations of a vector space to itself (i.e. vector space automorphisms); in particular, they can be used to represent group elements as invertible matrices so that the group operation ca...
Mathematics
Algebra
null
12701
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich%20Mean%20Time
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is give...
Technology
Timekeeping
null
12702
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or , ) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released on June 15, 1987. The format can contain up to 8 bits per pixel, allowing a single image to reference its own pa...
Technology
File formats
null
12713
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20panda
Giant panda
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh and are typically long. It is sexually dimorphic, ...
Biology and health sciences
Carnivora
null
12717
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe
Giraffe
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. Most recently, researchers proposed dividing them into fo...
Biology and health sciences
Artiodactyla
null
12733
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20planet
Giant planet
A giant planet, sometimes referred to as a jovian planet (Jove being another name for the Roman god Jupiter), is a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. Giant planets are usually primarily composed of low-boiling point materials (volatiles), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can...
Physical sciences
Planetary science
null
12737
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, charcoal (which is mostly carbon), and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). The sulfur and charcoal act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer. Gunp...
Technology
Energy
null
12772
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20mask
Gas mask
A gas mask is a piece of personal protective equipment used to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. Most gas masks are also respirators, though the word gas ...
Technology
Food, water and health
null
12778
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20velocity
Group velocity
The group velocity of a wave is the velocity with which the overall envelope shape of the wave's amplitudes—known as the modulation or envelope of the wave—propagates through space. For example, if a stone is thrown into the middle of a very still pond, a circular pattern of waves with a quiescent center appears in th...
Physical sciences
Waves
Physics
12786
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20anaesthetic
General anaesthetic
General anaesthetics (or anesthetics) are often defined as compounds that induce a loss of consciousness in humans or loss of righting reflex in animals. Clinical definitions are also extended to include an induced coma that causes lack of awareness to painful stimuli, sufficient to facilitate surgical applications in ...
Biology and health sciences
Anesthetics
Health
12796
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype
Genotype
The genotype of an organism is its complete set of genetic material. Genotype can also be used to refer to the alleles or variants an individual carries in a particular gene or genetic location. The number of alleles an individual can have in a specific gene depends on the number of copies of each chromosome found in t...
Biology and health sciences
Genetics
Biology
12806
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone
Gemstone
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. Certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, and obsidian) and occasionally organic materials that are not minerals (such as...
Physical sciences
Mineralogy
null
12808
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
GSM
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets. GSM is also a trade mark owned by the GSM Assoc...
Technology
Networks
null
12821
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate
Gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a barrier which closed it. Gates may prevent or control the ...
Technology
Architectural elements
null
12822
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20fire
Greek fire
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon system used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries. The recipe for Greek fire was a closely-guarded state secret; historians have variously speculated that it was based on saltpeter, sulfur, or quicklime, but most modern scholars agree that it was based ...
Technology
Incendiary weapons
null
12832
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20protein-coupled%20receptor
G protein-coupled receptor
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, 7TM receptors, heptahelical receptors, serpentine receptors, and G protein-linked receptors (GPLR), form a large group of evolutionarily related proteins that are cell surface receptors that detect molecules outside the cell...
Biology and health sciences
Cell processes
Biology
12866
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular%20cluster
Globular cluster
A globular cluster is a spheroidal conglomeration of stars that is bound together by gravity, with a higher concentration of stars towards its center. It can contain anywhere from tens of thousands to many millions of member stars, all orbiting in a stable, compact formation. Globular clusters are similar in form to dw...
Physical sciences
Stellar astronomy
Astronomy
12882
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon
Gallon
The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units. Three different versions are in current use: the imperial gallon (imp gal), defined as , which is or was used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and some Caribbean countries; the US liquid gallon ...
Physical sciences
Volume
null
12891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20therapy
Gene therapy
Gene therapy is a medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological properties of living cells. The first attempt at modifying human DNA was performed in 1980, by Martin Cline, but the first successful nuclear gene transfer in hu...
Technology
Biotechnology
null
12903
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegenschein
Gegenschein
Gegenschein (; ; ) or counterglow is a faintly bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar point. The backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust causes this optical phenomenon, being a zodiacal light and part of its zodiacal light band. Explanation Like zodiacal light, gegenschein is sunlight scattered...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
2249912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20Metro
Rio de Janeiro Metro
The Rio de Janeiro Metro (, ), commonly referred to as just the Metrô () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations operating on a single line. The system currently covers a total of , serving 41 stations, divided ...
Technology
Brazil
null
2250081
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vital%20signs
Vital signs
Vital signs (also known as vitals) are a group of the four to six most crucial medical signs that indicate the status of the body's vital (life-sustaining) functions. These measurements are taken to help assess the general physical health of a person, give clues to possible diseases, and show progress toward recovery. ...
Biology and health sciences
Diagnostics
Health
2252691
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorudon
Dorudon
Dorudon ("spear-tooth") is a genus of extinct basilosaurid ancient whales that lived alongside Basilosaurus 41.03 to 33.9 million years ago in the Eocene. It was a small whale, with D. atrox measuring long and weighing . Dorudon lived in warm seas around the world and fed on small fish and mollusks. Fossils have been ...
Biology and health sciences
Cetaceans
Animals
12009271
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turrid
Turrid
Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families. The original family Turri...
Biology and health sciences
Gastropods
Animals
8867758
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology%20of%20Mars
Geology of Mars
The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars. It emphasizes the composition, structure, history, and physical processes that shape the planet. It is analogous to the field of terrestrial geology. In planetary science, the term geology is used in its broadest sense t...
Physical sciences
Solar System
Astronomy
16280838
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand-responsive%20transport
Demand-responsive transport
Demand-responsive transport (DRT), also known as demand-responsive transit, demand-responsive service, Dial-a-Ride transit (sometimes DART), flexible transport services, Microtransit, Non-Emergency Medical Transport (NEMT), Carpool or On-demand bus service is a form of shared private or quasi-public transport for group...
Technology
Motorized road transport
null
16289428
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome%20George
Lonesome George
Lonesome George ( or , 1910 – June 24, 2012) was a male Pinta Island tortoise (Chelonoidis niger abingdonii) and the last known individual of the subspecies. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world. George serves as an important symbol for conservation efforts in the Galápagos Islands and t...
Biology and health sciences
Individual animals
Animals
7376082
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syagrus%20romanzoffiana
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Syagrus romanzoffiana, the queen palm, cocos palm or Jerivá, is a palm native to South America, introduced throughout the world as a popular ornamental garden tree. S. romanzoffiana is a medium-sized palm, quickly reaching maturity at a height of up to tall, with pinnate leaves having as many as 494 pinnae (leaflets),...
Biology and health sciences
Arecales (inc. Palms)
Plants
7376964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamator
Clamator
Clamator is a genus of large brood-parasitic cuckoos with crests and graduated tails. The genus was erected by German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) as the type species. The name Clamator is Latin for "he who shouts" from clamare, "to shout". Species There ar...
Biology and health sciences
Cuculiformes and relatives
Animals
11038318
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational or performance-enhancing drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It has also been researched as a potential treatment for traumatic b...
Biology and health sciences
Specific drugs
Health
11038534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-life%20care
End-of-life care
End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months before a person dies and encompasses care and support for a person's mental and emotional needs, physical comfort, spiritual needs, and practical tasks. EoLC is mos...
Biology and health sciences
Medical procedures: General
Health
11039790
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Animals form a cla...
Biology and health sciences
Science and medicine
null
3103149
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucestoda
Eucestoda
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass being Cestodaria). Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodaria. All tapeworms are endoparasites of vertebrates, living in the digesti...
Biology and health sciences
Platyzoa
Animals
3103702
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taeniodonta
Taeniodonta
Taeniodonta ("banded teeth") is an extinct order of eutherian mammals, that lived in North America and Europe from the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to the middle Eocene. Taeniodonts evolved quickly into highly specialized digging animals, and varied greatly in size, from rat-sized to species as large as a bear. Lat...
Biology and health sciences
Mammals: General
Animals
1602490
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensive-form%20game
Extensive-form game
In game theory, an extensive-form game is a specification of a game allowing (as the name suggests) for the explicit representation of a number of key aspects, like the sequencing of players' possible moves, their choices at every decision point, the (possibly imperfect) information each player has about the other play...
Mathematics
Game theory
null
1602970
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20set%20%28game%20theory%29
Information set (game theory)
The information set is the basis for decision making in a game, which includes the actions available to both sides and the benefits of each action. The information set is an important concept in non-perfect games. In game theory, an information set represents all possible points (or decision nodes) in a game that a giv...
Mathematics
Game theory
null
1604590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clomipramine
Clomipramine
Clomipramine, sold under the brand name Anafranil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). It is used in the treatment of various conditions, most notably obsessive–compulsive disorder but also many other disorders, including hyperacusis, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, trichotillomania, body dysmo...
Biology and health sciences
Psychiatric drugs
Health
1605322
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20proxy
Reverse proxy
In computer networks, a reverse proxy or surrogate server is a proxy server that appears to any client to be an ordinary web server, but in reality merely acts as an intermediary that forwards the client's requests to one or more ordinary web servers. Reverse proxies help increase scalability, performance, resilience, ...
Technology
Networks
null
1605389
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity%20symbol
Infinity symbol
The infinity symbol () is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity. This symbol is also called a lemniscate, after the lemniscate curves of a similar shape studied in algebraic geometry, or "lazy eight", in the terminology of livestock branding. This symbol was first used mathematically by John Walli...
Mathematics
Basics
null
5640856
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longfin%20mako%20shark
Longfin mako shark
The longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, with a probable worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical waters. An uncommon species, it is typically lumped together under the name "mako" with its better-known relative, the shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus). The l...
Biology and health sciences
Sharks
Animals
5643937
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20and%20mathematics
Music and mathematics
Music theory analyzes the pitch, timing, and structure of music. It uses mathematics to study elements of music such as tempo, chord progression, form, and meter. The attempt to structure and communicate new ways of composing and hearing music has led to musical applications of set theory, abstract algebra and number t...
Mathematics
Applied mathematics
null
5644788
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merycoidodontoidea
Merycoidodontoidea
Merycoidodontoidea, previously known as "oreodonts" or "ruminating hogs," are an extinct superfamily of prehistoric cud-chewing artiodactyls with short faces and fang-like canine teeth. As their name implies, some of the better known forms were generally hog-like, and the group has traditionally been placed within the ...
Biology and health sciences
Other artiodactyla
Animals
9556852
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark%20epoch
Quark epoch
In physical cosmology, the quark epoch was the period in the evolution of the early universe when the fundamental interactions of gravitation, electromagnetism, the strong interaction and the weak interaction had taken their present forms, but the temperature of the universe was still too high to allow quarks to bind t...
Physical sciences
Physical cosmology
Astronomy
12024353
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocladiomycota
Blastocladiomycota
Blastocladiomycota is one of the currently recognized phyla within the kingdom Fungi. Blastocladiomycota was originally the order Blastocladiales within the phylum Chytridiomycota until molecular and zoospore ultrastructural characters were used to demonstrate it was not monophyletic with Chytridiomycota. The order wa...
Biology and health sciences
Basics
Plants
12029940
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20of%20Yokohama
Port of Yokohama
The is operated by the Port and Harbor Bureau of the City of Yokohama in Japan. It opens onto Tokyo Bay. The port is located at a latitude of 35.27–00°N and a longitude of 139.38–46°E. To the south lies the Port of Yokosuka; to the north, the ports of Kawasaki and Tokyo. History The Treaty of Amity and Commerce of 1...
Technology
Specific piers and ports
null
1039124
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar%20structure
Stellar structure
Stellar structure models describe the internal structure of a star in detail and make predictions about the luminosity, the color and the future evolution of the star. Different classes and ages of stars have different internal structures, reflecting their elemental makeup and energy transport mechanisms. Heat transp...
Physical sciences
Stellar astronomy
null
1039146
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional%20drilling
Directional drilling
Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical bores. It can be broken down into four main groups: oilfield directional drilling, utility installation directional drilling, directional boring (horizontal directional drilling - HDD), and surface in seam (SIS), which horizontally inters...
Technology
Disciplines
null
1039295
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%20tamarin
Lion tamarin
The four species of lion tamarins or maned marmosets make up the genus Leontopithecus. They are small New World monkeys named for the mane surrounding their face, similar to the mane of a lion. Description Living in the eastern rainforests of Brazil, like all other callitrichids they are arboreal. Lion tamarins weigh...
Biology and health sciences
New World monkeys
Animals
1039305
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus
Basilosaurus (meaning "king lizard") is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science. Fossils attributed to the type species B. cetoides we...
Biology and health sciences
Cetaceans
Animals
1039393
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrewsarchus
Andrewsarchus
Andrewsarchus (), meaning "Andrews' ruler", is an extinct genus of artiodactyl that lived during the Middle Eocene in what is now China. The genus was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924 with the type species A. mongoliensis based on a largely complete cranium. A second species, A. crassum, was described ...
Biology and health sciences
Other artiodactyla
Animals
1040920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma%20bond
Sigma bond
In chemistry, sigma bonds (σ bonds) or sigma overlap are the strongest type of covalent chemical bond. They are formed by head-on overlapping between atomic orbitals along the internuclear axis. Sigma bonding is most simply defined for diatomic molecules using the language and tools of symmetry groups. In this formal ...
Physical sciences
Bond structure
Chemistry
1041031
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is a parasitic infection by the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis. A person becomes infected by drinking water contaminated with Guinea-worm larvae that reside inside copepods (a type of small crustacean). Stomach acid digests the copepod and releases the Guinea worm, ...
Biology and health sciences
Helminthic diseases and infestations
Health
1042259
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landline
Landline
A landline is a telephone connection that uses metal wires or optic fibre from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS, Twisted pair, telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN). Landline services are traditionally provided via an analogue copper wire to a telephone exchange. Landline service is...
Technology
Telecommunications
null
1042263
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynting%27s%20theorem
Poynting's theorem
In electrodynamics, Poynting's theorem is a statement of conservation of energy for electromagnetic fields developed by British physicist John Henry Poynting. It states that in a given volume, the stored energy changes at a rate given by the work done on the charges within the volume, minus the rate at which energy lea...
Physical sciences
Electrodynamics
Physics
4240292
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyra
Porphyra
Porphyra is a genus of coldwater seaweeds that grow in cold, shallow seawater. More specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species. It grows in the intertidal zone, typically between the upper intertidal zone and the splash zone in cold w...
Biology and health sciences
Bikonts
Plants
4240766
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland%20and%20lowland
Upland and lowland
Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of a plain that are conditionally categorized by their elevation above the sea level...
Physical sciences
Landforms: General
Earth science
4242000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20system%20protection
Power system protection
Power system protection is a branch of electrical power engineering that deals with the protection of electrical power systems from faults through the disconnection of faulted parts from the rest of the electrical network. The objective of a protection scheme is to keep the power system stable by isolating only the com...
Technology
Electrical protective devices
null
5651850
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coryphodon
Coryphodon
Coryphodon (from Greek , "point", and , "tooth", meaning peaked tooth, referring to "the development of the angles of the ridges into points [on the molars].") is an extinct genus of pantodonts of the family Coryphodontidae. Coryphodon was a pantodont, a member of the world's first group of large browsing mammals. It ...
Biology and health sciences
Mammals: General
Animals
5654027
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse
Synapse
In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that allows a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or a target effector cell. Synapses can be classified as either chemical or electrical, depending on the mechanism of signal transmission between neurons. In the case of electr...
Biology and health sciences
Nervous system
Biology
5655064
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owner%27s%20manual
Owner's manual
An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances and computer peripherals. Information contained in the owner's manual typically includes: Safety instru...
Technology
Machinery and tools: General
null
5655988
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anancus
Anancus
Anancus is an extinct genus of "tetralophodont gomphothere" native to Afro-Eurasia, that lived from the Tortonian stage of the late Miocene until its extinction during the Early Pleistocene, roughly from 8.5–2 million years ago. Taxonomy Anancus was named by Auguste Aymard in 1855. It is traditionally allocated to Go...
Biology and health sciences
Proboscidea
Animals
11052024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20cyclone%20track%20forecasting
Tropical cyclone track forecasting
Tropical cyclone track forecasting involves predicting where a tropical cyclone is going to track over the next five days, every 6 to 12 hours. The history of tropical cyclone track forecasting has evolved from a single-station approach to a comprehensive approach which uses a variety of meteorological tools and metho...
Physical sciences
Storms
Earth science
11059653
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite%20%28lightning%29
Sprite (lightning)
Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and ...
Physical sciences
Storms
Earth science
2254751
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBV%201806%E2%88%9220
LBV 1806−20
LBV 1806−20 is a candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) and likely binary star located around from the Sun, towards the center of the Milky Way. It has an estimated mass of around 36 solar masses and an estimated variable luminosity of around two million times that of the Sun. It is highly luminous but is invisible fr...
Physical sciences
Notable stars
Astronomy
2255608
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritidae
Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae. The family Tephritidae does not include the biological model organisms of the genus Drosophila (in the family Drosophilidae), which is often called the "common fruit fly". Nearly 5,000 described species of ...
Biology and health sciences
Flies (Diptera)
Animals
2256307
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20spadefoot%20toad
European spadefoot toad
The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus Pelobates, containing six species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia. Description The European spadefoot toad grows up to in length and is often inconspicuously coloured....
Biology and health sciences
Frogs and toads
Animals
2256337
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20spectrum%20pollution
Radio spectrum pollution
Radio spectrum pollution is the straying of waves in the radio and electromagnetic spectrums outside their allocations that cause problems for some activities. It is of particular concern to radio astronomers. Radio spectrum pollution is mitigated by effective spectrum management. Within the United States, the Commu...
Physical sciences
Radio astronomy
Astronomy
2259059
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronometry
Chronometry
Chronometry or horology () is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. Chronometry enables the establishment of standard measurements of time, which have applications in a broad range of social and scientific areas. Horology usually refers specifically to the study of mechanical timekeeping device...
Physical sciences
Basics
Basics and measurement
16301990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20%28computing%29
User (computing)
A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name). Some software products provide services to other systems and have no direct end users. End user End users are the ultimate human users (also referred to as opera...
Technology
Computer security
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16302780
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora%20fuscescens
Chrysaora fuscescens
Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread planktonic scyphozoan cnidarian—or medusa, "jellyfish" or "jelly"—that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to México. T...
Biology and health sciences
Cnidarians
Animals
58550
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymine
Thymine
Thymine () (symbol T or Thy) is one of the four nucleotide bases in the nucleic acid of DNA that are represented by the letters G–C–A–T. The others are adenine, guanine, and cytosine. Thymine is also known as 5-methyluracil, a pyrimidine nucleobase. In RNA, thymine is replaced by the nucleobase uracil. Thymine was fir...
Biology and health sciences
Nucleic acids
Biology
58610
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Euclidean%20geometry
Non-Euclidean geometry
In mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry consists of two geometries based on axioms closely related to those that specify Euclidean geometry. As Euclidean geometry lies at the intersection of metric geometry and affine geometry, non-Euclidean geometry arises by either replacing the parallel postulate with an alternative,...
Mathematics
Geometry
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58637
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erysipelas
Erysipelas
Erysipelas () is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the skin (upper dermis), extending to the superficial lymphatic vessels within the skin, characterized by a raised, well-defined, tender, bright red rash, typically on the face or legs, but which can occur anywhere on the skin. It is a...
Biology and health sciences
Bacterial infections
Health
58646
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait
Strait
A strait is a water body connecting two seas or two water basins. While the landform generally constricts the flow, the surface water still flows, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in both directions. In some straits there may be a dominant directional current through the str...
Physical sciences
Oceanography
Earth science
58664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20turbine
Gas turbine
A gas turbine or gas turbine engine is a type of continuous flow internal combustion engine. The main parts common to all gas turbine engines form the power-producing part (known as the gas generator or core) and are, in the direction of flow: a rotating gas compressor a combustor a compressor-driving turbine. Addi...
Technology
Electricity generation and distribution
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58673
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20hydrogen
Liquid hydrogen
Liquid hydrogen () is the liquid state of the element hydrogen. Hydrogen is found naturally in the molecular H2 form. To exist as a liquid, H2 must be cooled below its critical point of 33 K. However, for it to be in a fully liquid state at atmospheric pressure, H2 needs to be cooled to . A common method of obtaining ...
Physical sciences
s-Block
Chemistry
58685
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus
Hypothalamus
The hypothalamus (: hypothalami; ) is a small part of the vertebrate brain that contains a number of nuclei with a variety of functions. One of the most important functions is to link the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland. The hypothalamus is located below the thalamus and is part of the li...
Biology and health sciences
Endocrine system
Biology
58686
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral%20cortex
Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. It is the largest site of neural integration in the central nervous system, and plays a key role in attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consc...
Biology and health sciences
Nervous system
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58690
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20structure
Crystal structure
In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material. Ordered structures occur from intrinsic nature of constituent particles to form symmetric patterns that repeat along the principal directions of three-dimensional space in matter. The s...
Physical sciences
Crystallography
Physics
58708
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20buffalo
Water buffalo
The water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also called domestic water buffalo, Asian water buffalo and Asiatic water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also kept in Italy, the Balkans, Australia, North America, South America and some African countries. Two extant...
Biology and health sciences
Artiodactyla
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58727
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum
Alum
An alum () is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula , such that is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium. By itself, "alum" often refers to potassium alum, with the formula . Other alums are named after the monovalent ion, such as sodium a...
Physical sciences
Salts
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58811
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teff
Teff
Teff (), also known as Eragrostis tef, Williams lovegrass, or annual bunch grass, is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to Ethiopia, where it first originated in the Ethiopian Highlands. It is cultivated for its edible seeds, also known as teff. Teff was one of the earliest plants domesticated. It is one ...
Biology and health sciences
Grains
Plants
58859
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergen
Allergen
An allergen is an otherwise harmless substance that triggers an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals by stimulating an immune response. In technical terms, an allergen is an antigen that is capable of stimulating a type-I hypersensitivity reaction in atopic individuals through immunoglobulin E (IgE) responses. M...
Biology and health sciences
Specific diseases
Health
58862
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20utilities%20problem
Three utilities problem
The classical mathematical puzzle known as the three utilities problem or sometimes water, gas and electricity asks for non-crossing connections to be drawn between three houses and three utility companies in the plane. When posing it in the early 20th century, Henry Dudeney wrote that it was already an old problem. It...
Mathematics
Graph theory
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58863
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s%20incompleteness%20theorems
Gödel's incompleteness theorems
Gödel's incompleteness theorems are two theorems of mathematical logic that are concerned with the limits of in formal axiomatic theories. These results, published by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are important both in mathematical logic and in the philosophy of mathematics. The theorems are widely, but not universally, interpr...
Mathematics
Discrete mathematics
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58875
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura%20pomifera
Maclura pomifera
Maclura pomifera, commonly known as the Osage orange ( ), is a small deciduous tree or large shrub, native to the south-central United States. It typically grows about tall. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit that resembles an immature orange, is roughly spherical, bumpy, in diameter, and turns bright yellow-gre...
Biology and health sciences
Rosales
Plants
58880
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20substitute
Sugar substitute
A sugar substitute is a food additive that provides a sweetness like that of sugar while containing significantly less food energy than sugar-based sweeteners, making it a zero-calorie () or low-calorie sweetener. Artificial sweeteners may be derived through manufacturing of plant extracts or processed by chemical synt...
Technology
Food, water and health
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58883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedrus
Cedrus
Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of in the Himalayas and in the Mediterranean. Description Cedrus trees can ...
Biology and health sciences
Gymnosperms
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58890
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin
Resin
A resin is a solid or highly viscous liquid that can be converted into a polymer. Resins may be biological or synthetic in origin, but are typically harvested from plants. Resins are mixtures of organic compounds, and predominantly terpenes. Well known resins include amber, hashish, frankincense, myrrh and the animal-d...
Physical sciences
Terpenes and terpenoids
Chemistry
58900
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned%20aerial%20vehicle
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for humans, and by the twenty-first, they had...
Technology
Aviation
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58906
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gland
Gland
A gland is a cell or an organ in an animal's body that produces and secretes different substances that the organism needs, either into the bloodstream or into a body cavity or outer surface. A gland may also function to remove unwanted substances such as urine from the body. There are two types of gland, each with a d...
Biology and health sciences
Animal anatomy and morphology
Biology
58911
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles
Measles
Measles (probably from Middle Dutch or Middle High German masel(e) ("blemish, blood blister")) is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus. Other names include morbilli, rubeola, red measles, and English measles. Both rubella, also known as German measles, and roseola are dif...
Biology and health sciences
Infectious disease
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58921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20disaster
Natural disaster
A natural disaster is the very harmful impact on a society or community after a natural hazard event. Some examples of natural hazard events include avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides, tropical cyclones, volcanic activity and wildfires. Additional natural hazards include blizzards, dust s...
Physical sciences
Natural disasters
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58937
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria
Diphtheria
Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in some outbreaks, the mortality rate approaches 10%. Signs and symptoms may vary from mild to severe, and usually start two to five days after exposure. Symptoms often d...
Biology and health sciences
Infectious disease
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58950
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy%20cluster
Galaxy cluster
A galaxy cluster, or a cluster of galaxies, is a structure that consists of anywhere from hundreds to thousands of galaxies that are bound together by gravity, with typical masses ranging from 1014 to 1015 solar masses. They are the second-largest known gravitationally bound structures in the universe after some super...
Physical sciences
Basics_2
Astronomy
58968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatory
Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. The term observatoire has been used in French since at least 1976 to denote a...
Physical sciences
Observational astronomy
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58991
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog
Fog
Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions. In turn, fog affects many human...
Physical sciences
Clouds
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