Word: denser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...miles underground, at the boundary between the molten iron of the planet's core and the molten rock just above it. The word continent is used loosely; what two scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey found was a region 200 miles across and 80 miles deep that is denser than surrounding regions. The implication: the core-mantle boundary may be as complex as the earth's surface...
Researchers are gleaning other secrets from plant leaves preserved in the middens. At the end of the last Ice Age, for example, plant structures called stomata, which are used to process carbon dioxide, were far denser than they , are today. This suggests that the ancient atmosphere contained much less carbon dioxide. Middens have even more to reveal. The well-preserved plant and animal DNA in midden specimens promises to be a bonanza for genetic researchers...
Consequently, higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere mean that corn, which is surrounded by a denser growth of weeds, requires more herbicides. Wheat, however, which is more nitrogen-deficient and slightly less healthy, requires higher doses of fertilizer...
Thus Ryder the proto-Expressionist was born. He sounds like De Kooning, but actually he looked more like his idol, Corot, only denser and more fixed: tiny imploded scenes, whose glow and atmospheric subtlety were much admired in their time but can hardly even be assessed now. For in pursuit of jewel-like effects and deep layering of color, Ryder painted "lean over fat," so that slower-drying strata of paint underneath pulled the quicker-drying surface apart. He would slosh abominable messes of varnish on the surface, and pile up the pigment by incessant retouching until the images became...
...felt healthier and more energetic, almost like the old characters who were rejuvenated in the movie Cocoon. The group's growth hormone levels rose to those of men under 40. Fatty tissue decreased nearly 15%, lean body mass increased 9%, skin grew 7% thicker and some vertebrae became slightly denser. In several respects, the researchers say, HGH therapy reversed the consequences of a decade or two of aging. Men in the control group showed no significant changes in their physiques...