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How Come some twins are identical?

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Indentical twinsActually I do have nieces who are identical twins, and I do have a hard time to call their names because they are really look-alike. Then the question is why some twins are look-alike, and some are not. Here is what I have learned through my online reading.

When a couple have an intercourse, the woman could have her egg fertilized by a sperm from her partner. Normally the fertilized egg will produce one embryo, resulting to one baby. That is a normal fertilization from one egg & one sperm, and the result is one baby at the end. For twins, it is different and there are two abnormal scenarios:

1. The woman egg is fertilized by one sperm as normal, but for some reason, the fertilized egg divides into 2 embryos, resulting to 2 babies. We call them identical twins. They look alike and we hardly differentiate them. They will have the same genetic identification (DNA). They both have the same sex (either male or female).

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 05:14 Read more...
 

How do computers work?

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LabtopTwenty-five years ago, I heard people said computers were stupid. They said so because computers just knew only one & zero (high & low voltages) and did what we asked them to do. Now I no longer hear that; what I hear now is that computers are smart, faster and faster. Of course they have to be smarter and faster because of millions human brains in there. Some suggest that someday computers may take over the world and no longer listen to us like a movie called I-Robot. Who knows! It could be. But for now, computers are our best friends. They tremendously help us. Imagine if there are no computers, how our life will be? Thus what are computers? How do they work?

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:58 Read more...
 

Do all people alive today really originate from Africa?

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That is what researchers said. What make them to say that? And based on what?
Before answering these questions we need to know three things: DNA, Y chromosome, and mtDNA.
We know that our body is made up of cells, and in fact our human body has about 100 trillions cells. In the center of each cell, nucleus, there are 23 paired chromosomes. Each pair chromosomes are half from father and other half from mother. The last paired chromosomes (23rd pair) are called sex chromosomes; XX is in female and XY is in male. Only male child carries Y chromosome from the father, and female child does not. Thus the father determines the sex of a child.
Each chromosome is made up of a string of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), which is in turn made up of genes. Genes determine the traits (characters) of a person (heridity). One of the DNA functions is to pass that genetic information from parents to the child.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 03:05 Read more...
 

How Come the Sun is important to us?

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SunOf course we say the sun is important to us, and the question is why. The answer is because of the following reasons.

1. Sun provides energy (light and heat). Without energy, our earth will be very cold and we all die.

2. We have oxygen to breath because of the sunlight. Plants absorb sunlight, convert it to food to live on, and grow. In the process of converting sunlight to food, plants provide us oxygen. At the mean time, plants are important to us and other animals for foods and other uses.

3. Sunlight can be used to make electricity (solar cell) to warm up houses and to run cars (electric cars).

4. Sunlight can heat the liquid which in turn can heat houses and building.

Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 03:30 Read more...
 

How is Our Universe created? Big Bang?

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universeWhat is the BIG BANG?
Why do people start to use this word a lot lately even a show called BIG BANG in CBS prime time? Why do we spend billions dollars each year to prove the Big Bang theory? Why more people are interested in it even last September, there was a big news around the world about CERN in Europe attempted to replica a small big bang?
The reason - Because BIG BANG is the well known, respected, and scientific theory; it explains where every thing in this universe was coming from. Don't you want to know where we come from? I do; that is why I did some reading about it, and I like to share it.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 02:16 Read more...
 
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