Cells, species and ecosystems: how living things work, compete and depend on one another.
Grasslands span across the world, covering roughly a quarter of the total surface area of the planet. The grassland biome, in fact, exists on every continent of the world - with the exception of Antarctica (where the ground is permanently covered with snow). The most striking features are its continuity and openness, seemingly like an endless sea of grass. Grasslands can be divided into temperate and tropical.
Every person in the world possesses a unique set of fingerprints. However, the differences between some can be very subtle. By studying the arrangement, shape, size, and number of lines in each fingerprint, experts have been able to classify them into unique patterns, which are used for identification.
The tundra region is the coldest biome existing on Earth. Although it is one of the most inhospitable habitats in the world, there are surprisingly quite a few interesting plants and animals that exist here.
Different deserts have their own characteristics that distinguish them from others. You’ll find information about desert biomes and the plants and animals that inhabit them.
Tropical rainforests are found in the zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, spanning almost all the continents. Read on to understand the biome of these forests and what makes them unique.
Ever since the advent of cloning, there have been arguments for and against this process. A fundamental argument is that cloning is ethically wrong and various religious groups have rejected it saying that cloning is equivalent to ‘playing God’. Here is a discussion about the ethical issues that have arisen concerned with cloning humans.
This article serves as a quick guide to some basic and important facts about organ donation and a few more info on the statistics of the same.
