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adjuvant: substance added to a vaccine to enhance the body's immune response and increase the vaccine's efficacy
attenuation: altering a pathogen to make it less virulent (or even harmless)
acquired immunity: components of the immune system that are developed via exposure to pathogens or other sources of infection

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“emoticon” vs. “emoji” Dec 08, 2024

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Porcupines! Dec 07, 2024

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Do We Have to Get Old and Die? Dec 06, 2024

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negligible senescence: not showing signs of age-related progression
biological immortality: having a mortality rate that does not increase with increasing age

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Is Climate Change Just A Lot Of Hot Air? Dec 05, 2024

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Extreme weather: Conditions and events that occur with low frequency, but which often have significant impact on people and nature; e.g., heat waves, droughts, heavy downpours, floods, blizzards, windstorms, hurricanes
Ocean heat content: the energy stored as heat in the ocean
Evapotranspiration: the movement of water vapor from land, water, plant, or animal surface into the atmosphere, driven by the drying power of the air

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Are We Really 99% Chimp? Dec 04, 2024

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Rain's Dirty Little Secret Dec 03, 2024

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Condensation: the process of water molecules glomming together into visible droplets
Condensation nuclei: tiny solid particles that water vapor condenses onto (also called aerosols)
Homogeneous condensation: condensation without any kind of condensation nuclei
Dew point: the temperature below which water vapor starts to condense into droplets
Heterogeneous condensation: condensation that happens with the help of condensation nuclei
Critical Embryo: a cluster of water molecules big enough to easily gain more molecules
Cloud chamber: a cool thing to check out if you want to build a particle detector at home (it involves pumping a bunch of water vapor into pure air; when a particle passes through, it leaves a streak of ionized water molecules that, in super-saturated air, can act as condensation nuclei!)

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