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Structural differences between DNA and RNA. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is like a blueprint of biological guidelines that a living organism must follow to exist and remain functional. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, helps carry out this blueprint’s guidelines. Of the two, RNA is more versatile than DNA, capable of performing numerous, diverse tasks in an organism, but DNA is more stable and holds more complex information for longer periods of time.

Don’t let anyone tell you that physics isn’t poetry; the only difference is that for us, the universe is the page on which we spill our souls.

- Physicists-need-love-too, 3.57 am (via physicists-need-love-too)

Time flies when you’re diverging at approximately 2% per million years

Anyway if you’re a nerd check out the coolest website ever: http://www.timetree.org/

You can input things like “dog” and “oyster mushroom” and it’ll tell you how long ago they diverged based on current data averages.

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Total Solar Eclipse: A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely blocks the solar disk. In a total solar eclipse, the narrowest part of the path (where the Sun is completely blocked and the Moon casts its darkest shadow) is called the “zone of totality”.

Annular Solar Eclipse: When the Moon is farther away in its orbit than usual, it appears too small to completely cover the Sun’s disk. During such an event, a bright ring of sunlight shines around the Moon. This type of eclipse is a called an “annular” eclipse.

Partial Solar Eclipse: A partial solar eclipse occurs when Earth moves through the lunar penumbra (the lighter part of the Moon’s shadow) as the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun. The Moon does not block the entire solar disk, as seen from Earth.

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28.05.17 // new week, new window 💭

Hello everyone.

Apologies for the long/unexplained absence. I’ve not been doing very well recently and I haven’t quite had the time to be posting. However, a small update is that I’m struggling very much with my mental health but my studies are going very well. I just wanted to thank you all for your kindness and support and I will try update more regularly from now on!

I hope you are all well and looking after yourself, and I’m sending love, hugs and good study vibes 💗

Diversity Maps of vertebrate groups in the United Statest

Find out how these maps were generated here:

https://biodiversitymapping.org/wordpress/index.php/home/