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Human Nature Review: Noam Chomsky: The New War Against Terror

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Transcription of lengthy talk given by an major American scholar on the attack of 9/11 and its implications for the American society by Noam Chomsky in The Human Nature Review, 001 Volume 1: 37-58 ( 5 November )
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The Elements of Law Natural and Politic

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This site provides the entire text document of "The Elements of Law Natural and Politic" by Thomas Hobbes. This is a detailed document and very informative.
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Nature Research

Nature Education: Energy Economics in Ecosystems

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This article discusses how plants and microorganisms, until recently, have mostly controlled how much carbon dioxide is released into an ecosystem, and explains how this process works. Humans' burning of fossil fuels has upset the...
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Biology Discussion: Natural Resources: Depletion Reasons, Types and Conservation

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Discusses how the the natural resources of the world are being depleted at an alarming rate, and that humans depend on them for their survival. Elaborates on four main causes of resource depletion, and initiatives that could help to...
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Few: Human Impact on the Environment & Environmental Impact on Humans

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Human beings have an enormous impact on the natural environment, and ultimately on each other. The way we chose to house, clothe, shelter, and meet the needs for vital resources such as food, energy, and water, not only affect the...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Cities and Suburbs: Nature Transformed

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Essay on the history of cities and suburbs and how nature has been transformed in the U.S. Author Christopher Sellers guides us with informational text, questions and scholars debate.
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National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Reconstruction and the Formerly Enslaved

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What are the "big questions" of Reconstruction? Article provides an overview of the Reconstruction period when Americans debated rights and the nature of freedom and equality. It focuses on who was an American and how citizenship should...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Religious Liberalism

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Religious liberalism has played a major role in America's religious dialogue in the last century. This National Humanities Center site explains the movement and its impact.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Rivers and Lakes

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A comprehensive exploration of rivers and lakes, their importance to biodiversity and to humans, how we use them, threats they face, and what is being done to conserve them.
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Smithsonian: Eight Ways That Climate Change Hurts Humans

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Learn about eight major ways in which our negative impact on the environment also hurts people.
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Progressive Humanism: Understanding Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper from Progressive Humanism focusing on cultural selection in conjunction with Darwin's theory of natural selection.
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BBC

Bbc: Resource Depletion: Opportunity or Looming Catastrophe?

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The depletion of the world's natural resources threatens the very survival of humans. This article discusses the causes and consequences of our overuse of natural resources, projections for our future, and what types of solutions are...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: The Challenge of Living at High Altitudes

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Physical anthropologists are studying the ongoing evolution of modern humans. This article features research done on those living in high altitudes over thousands of years with the intention to discover things such as the role of natural...
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Nature Research

Nature: Insects Tapped for Better Rubber

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Resilins remarkable properties are outlined in the article. This rubbery proteins resilience, its relation to insects, and future medical uses are discussed.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment

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The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...
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Imperial College London: Brownian Motion

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An advanced level description of the nature of Brownian motion. Brownian motion, a model formulated to predict matters involving uncertain elements, is related to medical imaging, fractals, robotics, aerosol particles, and stock market...
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BBC

Bbc: 'Lucy's Baby' Found in Ethiopia

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In September 2006, the bones of a female Australopithecus Afarensis were unearthed. This extremely rare juvenile specimen allowed scientists a new insight into characteristics of an important human ancestor.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Landscape

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A landscape is part of the Earths surface that can be viewed at one time from one place. It consists of the geographic features that mark, or are characteristic of, a particular area. This resource examines different ways types of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing Global Climate Change Into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Ecology and Economics

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Natural systems studied by ecologists and human systems studied by economists must work together to ensure a future of biodiversity. This interview identifies the needs for both and ways in which the two can balance conservation with...
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Pbs Learning Media: Religion and Ethics Weekly: Dr. Francis S. Collins Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a discussion with Francis S. Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, who touches on the role that faith plays in his profession. Collins discusses the Human Genome Project and its goals and results, genetic disorders, and the...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Environmental Metabolomics: Disease & Toxicity

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Soak in this article featuring ways metabolomics studies will aid in understanding diseases in both humans and animals. Metabolomics is the study of metabolite profiles.
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Monthly Review: Why Socialism? By Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides access to the essay "Why Socialism?" by Albert Einstein originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Einstein argues for socialism as the way to rise above the predatory phase of human...
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Mocomi: What Are Antibiotics

For Students 3rd - 8th
This entry provides a brief but in depth explanation of antiobiotics and how they function within the human body.

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