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1Clean Air Act (United States) — Clean Air Act Full title Clean Air Act of 1963 Acronym CAA Effective Dec. 17, 1963 Citations Public Law P.L. 88 206 …
2Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …
3geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …
4English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
5Herbert Spencer — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption =Herbert Spencer name =Herbert Spencer birth =27 April, 1820 death =8 December, 1903 school tradition = Evolutionism,… …
6Gaia hypothesis — The study of planetary habitability is partly based upon extrapolation from knowledge of the Earth s conditions, as the Earth is the only planet currently known to harbour life. The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle,… …
7Polymorphism (biology) — Light morph Jaguar (typical) Dark morph or melanistic Jaguar (about …
8Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
9Vernon L. Smith — Infobox Scientist name = Vernon L. Smith image size = 150px birth date = Birth date and age|1927|1|1|mf=y birth place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S. nationality = United States field = Economics work places = Chapman University 2007 George Mason… …
10Richard Lindzen — Richard S. Lindzen Born 8 February 1940 (1940 02 08) (age 71) Webster, Massachusetts Fields Atmospheric physics …
