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==Significance for agriculture, food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation and the MDGs== ...achieve [[food security]], [[climate change mitigation]], [[climate change adaptation]] and the realisation of the [[Millennium Development Goals]]. Environmenta ...

...rline|''y''}}(λ)}} or {{math|''V''(λ)}} is a standard function established by the [[Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage]] (CIE) and standardized in The luminous flux (or visible power) in a light source is defined by the photopic luminosity function. The following equation calculates the tot ...

...load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by [[automobile]]s and other forms of self-propelled transport but are still i ...orsecar is used primarily in the UK to refer to a rail-based vehicle drawn by horses. In the US, the term streetcar or trolley is used, but those same te ...

...to use [[engineering]] or [[technology]] to solve a problem (often created by earlier technological interventions).<ref>Cook, Stephen P. ''The Worldview ...define technological fix as an "attempt to repair the harm of a technology by modification of the system", that might involve modification of the machine ...

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...re are several ways of employing such communication but the most common is by using [[hydrophone]]s. Underwater communication is difficult due to factors At the beginning of the 20th century some ships communicated by underwater bells as well as using the system for navigation. [[Submarine si ...

...s?id=IQtjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA190 ''Origin of Species''] Page 190, reprinted 1872 by D. Appleton.</ref> Darwin reasoned that the lung in air-breathing vertebrat ...]],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nursall|first=J. R.|title=Buoyancy is provided by lipids of larval redlip blennies, Ophioblennius atlanticus|journal=Copeia|y ...

...journal|date=2010-03-01|title=Explaining evolution of plant communication by airborne signals|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|volume=25|issue=3|pa ...M.| title = Volatile chemical cues guide host location and host selection by parasitic plants| journal = Science| date = 2006-09-29| pmid = 17008532| bi ...

...deprived from intentional intervention: it was hence considered as sacred by some traditions ([[Jean-Jacques Rousseau|Rousseau]], American [[transcenden ...the artificial being understood as that which has been brought into being by a human [[consciousness]] or a human [[mind]]. Depending on the particular ...

{{Short description|Prehistoric period during which stone was widely used by humans to make tools and weapons}} ...ture, and Capitalism |date=2012}}</ref> In [[Western Asia]], this occurred by about 3,000 BC, when [[bronze]] became widespread. The term [[Bronze Age]] ...

{{Short description|Process of creating order by local interactions}} ...d by seemingly random [[Statistical fluctuations|fluctuations]], amplified by [[positive feedback]]. The resulting organization is wholly decentralized, ...

...places they could not previously reach, and by [[scientific instrument]]s by which we study nature in more detail than our natural senses allow. ...' used in everyday life. [[Technological change]] affects, and is affected by, a society's cultural traditions. It is a force for economic growth and a m ...

...using sounds, sign language, and writing as well as [[Animal communication|animals exchanging information]] and attempts to communicate with intelligent [[ext A common way to classify communication is by whether information is exchanged between humans, members of other species, ...

...al introduction to the topic of genetics|Introduction to genetics|the song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|Genetic Engineering (song)|the Montreal h ...nism. The first recombinant DNA molecule was made by [[Paul Berg]] in 1972 by combining DNA from the monkey virus [[SV40]] with the [[Lambda phage|lambda ...

{{Short description|1982 science fiction film by Ridley Scott}} | caption = Theatrical release poster by [[John Alvin]] ...

...hich are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication]] and animals that have an extensive relationship with humans beyond simple predation. Th == Domesticated animals == ...

...world]] with 23.66% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 5.84% and Brazil at 5.64%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top [[File:Marc Randolph by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix and the ...

...natural forces such as [[Wind power|wind]] and [[Water power|water]], and by [[Chemical energy|chemical]], [[Thermal energy|thermal]], or [[electricity| ...the word machine could also mean a scheme or plot, a meaning now expressed by the derived [[:wikt:machination|machination]]. The modern meaning develops ...

...skills and works of skill, or, if one prefers, the science of things made by man's labour, chiefly through the use of his hands.'"</ref><ref>{{cite book ...during [[Prehistory|prehistoric times]], followed by the [[Control of fire by early humans|control of fire]], which contributed to the [[Brain size|growt ...

{{short description|Science fiction genre inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery}} ...use3.jpg|thumb|upright|"Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by [[Albert Robida]] for his book ''Le Vingtième Siècle'', a 19th-century conc ...