In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.
Difficulties in applying the morphological species concept
The USGS National Shaking Hazard Map
This slave burial service, painted by John Antrobus in 1860, reflects an inversion of power relation