Word: acidity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authors of two new books on genes and DNA (short for deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule which stores genetic information in the cell) have acted in the educational spirit of Al Vellucci. Both The Gene Age and DNA for Beginners are clearly written expositions which try to demystify molecular genetics for the layman; both, incidentally, include serious discussions of the Cambridge controversy over whether recombinant DNA research should be permitted...
They could not even dispose of the bodies, and bodies are the easiest part to dispose of. Murderers do it frequently, with a tub full of acid; even the teeth will go eventually. Ideas are something else, however. Much more difficult to get rid of them. Memories are peculiarly tenacious. Hitler may have discovered as much after the German High Command issued its Nacht und Nebel decree in the western occupied territories, enabling authorities to snatch citizens off the street and out of their homes under night and fog. "The prisoners will vanish without a trace," read the decree. They...
...sections of tree trunks show that their growth rings, widely separated for more than a century, began narrowing in the 1950s and '60s, a sign of impaired growth. Researchers initially blamed severe climatic conditions, like the near drought of 1976. Today suspicion focuses on environmental pollution, particularly the acid rain caused by auto and industrial emissions...
...West German industries burn 3.5 million tons of coal a year, leading to heavy discharges of sulfur dioxide.) According to Professor Bernhard Ulrich, an expert on soil science at the University of Gottingen, acidic downpours can leach key nutrients, such as calcium and potassium, from the soil, or deposit toxic metals like aluminum. Acid rain might also prevent microorganisms in the soil from converting organic debris into fertilizer. Professor Peter Schiitt of the University of Munich believes that dry, airborne particles of metal are the culprits, along with acid rain. Says he: "What is shocking is that whole areas...
Devo: Love Without Anger (Gerald V. Casale). The syncopated anarchists of rock postmodernism use animated Ken and Barbie dolls and humanoid chickens to dispatch a characteristically acid valentine...