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Asteroid

Asteroid

Resembling a star.

Origin: g. Aster, star, _ eidos, resemblance


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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... the duration. But I know there have been alot of catastrophes. I like the one where the scientist theorize that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid. And we know what evidence they have found also to come to this theory. Lots and lots of sediment put down very very quickly. Fossils only ...

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by AFJ
Thu May 07, 2009 12:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16556

Re:

... in symbiosis with our single-celled ancestors in the distant past. Of course anything can happen, maybe we nuke ourselves into oblivion, or an asteroid brings us back to stone age, who knows. But I think human evolution in the future is an interesting topic, and the fact that predicting future ...

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by biohazard
Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:43 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
Replies: 41
Views: 5673

Nuclear Power?

... might be conducted with nuclear weapons. Imho, the most significant threat to the environment is nuclear weapons. Nothing else, except perhaps an asteroid collision, can create so much damage in such a small period of time. Is it politically possible to both energize the population against nuclear ...

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by NatureTalk
Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:21 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Nuclear Power?
Replies: 33
Views: 6506

Curious... about the human brain...

... I said there are chances that it will never be completely understood. just as there are chances that crime will never be eradicated. If an asteroid hits our planet and kills us tomorrow, then we never did completely understand how memory or eradicated crime. What i meant is because memory ...

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by MrMistery
Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:00 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Curious... about the human brain...
Replies: 12
Views: 1485

Re: statins

... lipoprotein from the bloodstream. Direct evidence of the action of statin-based cholesterol lowering on atherosclerosis was presented in the ASTEROID trial, which demonstrated regression of atheroma employing intravascular ultrasound.

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by Revelark
Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: statins
Replies: 1
Views: 516
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