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Diamonds do not last forever. Diamonds degrade to graphite, because graphite is a lower-energy configuration under typical conditions. Diamond (the stuff in wedding rings) and graphite (the stuff in pencils) are both crystalline ...

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Mirrors do not flip left to right. They flip front to back. Mirrors reflect light rays such that the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. For a three-dimensional object standing in front of the mirror, there is an ...

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Fire can have a shadow not because the incoming light beam scatters off the light in the flame. On the fundamental level, one beam of light cannot directly interact with another beam of light. ... Fires can have shadows because ...

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is a defining symbol of Egypt and the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. It is located on the Giza plateau near the modern city of Cairo and was built over a ...

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Spirogyra is a genus of green algae that belong to the order Zygnematales.These free-flowing, filamentous algae have ribbon-shaped chloroplasts that are arranged in a helical manner inside the cells. So the name is derived from ...

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Water and alcohols have similar properties because water molecules contain hydroxyl groups that can form hydrogen bonds with other water molecules and with alcohol molecules, and likewise alcohol molecules can form hydrogen bonds with other alcohol molecules as ...

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The history of the Christian religion and the Christian church began with Jesus and his apostles. Christianity is the religion that is based on the birth, life, death, resurrection ...

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As you will understand, plants use water and daylight to create sugar. This sugar acts like food, providing the plant with energy to grow huge and robust. However typically plants build plenty of sugar, and that they cannot use it ...

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While there exists different types of chemical bonds, our focus in this article is to discuss the difference between Ionic and Covalent bonds. The most basic types of chemical bonds can be said to be either ionic or ...

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What are Lipids? What are the building blocks of lipids? Questions right? Indeed, a lot of medical students and enthusiast alike admit that understanding lipids has puzzled them for a while. In this article, we will try to break down ...