Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics which deals with physical phenomena at microscopic scales. It departs from classical mechanics…
Disambiguation Links – Evolution (S/F) The meaning of “Darwinism” has changed over time and depends on context. The term was coined…
Central Saurian Encephalitis (CSE) is a fictional disease that was one of several viral diseases that lizards could transmit to…
A speech given by Dr. Ian Malcolm at the Santa Fe Institute in August of 1993. According to Ian Malcolm,…
Self-Organizing behavior is the scientific term for the behavior that complex systems exhibit due to the spontaneous interaction of its…
Disambiguation Links – Chaos Theory (S/F) Physics has had great success and deals well with the regular movement of objects. A…
On the facilities of Isla Nublar, the hatchling dinosaurs were delicate in the early days of their infancy. Ed Regis…
Rabies is a disease that can only be carried by warm blooded animals such as mammals. In 1986, Biosyn developed…
Prions are the simplest disease-causing entities known, even moreso than viral strains, consisting of nothing more than protein fragments. They are…
Scrapie is a prion based infection that afflicts sheep. The disease originates when sheep ingest feed that is tainted with ground meat…
A stampede is a mass impulse among herd animals in which they all begin collectively running with no clear direction…
As in many other fields, science is no stranger to hoaxes perpetrated to try and give one publicity. Hoaxes are…
Gödel’s incompleteness theorems are two theorems of mathematical logic which establish inherent limitations in all but the most trivial axiomatic…
The exact cause of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event are unknown, though several theories exist. The most popular of these is…
As the main tour group progressed through Laboratory section of the Visitors’ Center on Isla Nublar, they passed by a…
Kuru is a prion disease, endemic to New Guinea, and is related to Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.Infection with Kuru causes headaches, joint…
The Mayaro virus is a mosquito-borne pathogen endemic to certain humid forests in South America, which belongs to the family…
As part of his investing campaign for his Jurassic Park project, John Hammond would often bring a miniature elephant along…
The outdated and disproven theory of Humorism has a long history, dating back to Ancient Egypt. Even though the theory…
The Phlogiston Theory was a disproved and outdated theory that was stated in 1667 by German alchemist Johann Becher. The theory speculated…