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Elysia chlorotica: The Solar-Powered Sea Slug

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A Unique Marine Gastropod Elysia chlorotica, also referred to as the eastern emerald elysia, is a medium-to-small-sized green sea slug. It is a member of the Sacoglossa clade, also known as sap-sucking sea slugs, and is famous for kleptoplasty—the process of harnessing chloroplasts from ingested algae for photosynthesis. It has an endosymbiotic relationship with the chloroplasts of the saltwater heterokont alga Vaucheria litorea , enabling it to utilize the sun's energy to survive. Distributed along North America's east coast, from Florida to Nova Scotia, it lives in salt marshes, tidal pools, and shallow creeks at a depth of 0.5 meters or less. Photosynthesis and Survival Strategy Elysia chlorotica begins life as a red-pigmented brown juvenile. When it eats Vaucheria litorea , it absorbs the chloroplasts from the alga and transforms into a bright green color, blending with its surroundings. The chloroplasts continue to function for months, allowing the slug to produce energy ...

That is what remains

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It's something I thought about. If the three letters DAD had been said in Morse code instead of STAY , Cooper would not have left. But here's something to consider, or rather, something that Nolan himself places at the start. When Murph comes with Lander, who's starving for breakfast, Tom teases her by saying it's Murphy's Law. Murphy's Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Just before the chase through the cornfield, Murph explains this to Cooper when their car develops a flat tire on the road. However, Murphy's Law doesn't necessarily mean that bad things will occur; rather, it suggests that what is supposed to happen will happen. This is where the Grandfather Paradox enters the picture. What would happen if a person traveled back in time and prevented their grandparents from meeting, effectively erasing the possibility of their own birth? But what’s the use of that thought experiment when these events have already occurred? ...

"Celestial Siblings: The birth of Earth and Its Lunar Twin"

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O ur world began as a massive cloud of gas and dust, evolving over billions of years into the home we know today. From its chaotic beginning, Earth evolved into a world of rocky landscapes, a life-sustaining atmosphere, and enigmatic deep oceans.   Billions of years ago, our solar system was a cloud of rotating dust and gas. A cosmic event—a shockwave from a distant supernova, perhaps—a shook this cloud, and our solar system was born. This shock made dust and gas collapse inward, forming a rotating solar nebula. As the nebula cooled, its gravity pulled inward with increasing strength. The temperature and pressure at its center became so hot that hydrogen atoms fused into helium, releasing vast amounts of energy. This nuclear fusion sparked the dawn of our Sun some 4.6 billion years ago.   The newly lit Sun burned more than 99 percent of the material from the nebula, leaving the rest of the dust and gas to come together in smaller groups. These groups collided with on...

BANG! And the Universe Was Served – A Cosmic Recipe for Everything

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T here are many theories about the origin of the universe, but one of the most widely accepted is the Big Bang Theory. Evidence for this theory can be traced from ancient rock paintings to modern scientific experiments. The universe as we know it today originated from an extremely hot and dense singularity, a point just 4 millimeters across. This singularity exploded around 13.7 billion years ago, leading to the development of matter, energy, time, and space, in a universe-wide event described as the Big Bang. Two Phases of the Big Bang The big bang process may be classified under two significant evolutionary stages: Radiant Age: A Universe Composed Only of Energy During the Radiant Age, there was no matter—only energy. In this early phase, energy expanded rapidly, and quarks, the fundamental building blocks of matter, began to emerge. Over time, these quarks combined to form atomic particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. As the universe cooled, protons and neutrons began t...