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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
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To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
A Dorsal view of a scan of the hand phalange of a child from Denisova that yielded mtDNA that differ
Two views of the phylogenetic relationship between Neandertals and modern H. sapiens.
Variations on a theme: archaic Homo sapiens, Neandertal, and anatomically modern Homo sapiens skulls
New England children like David, Joanna, and Abigail Mason (painted by an unknown artist around 1670
The Modern View: Midlatitude Cyclones and Conveyor Belts
The evolution of modern wheat