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Marathi science fiction has a rich heritage and a wide enthusiastic readership. In the early 20th century, Marathi science fiction work was more aligned to fantasy. After 1950, several writers started translating classic English science fiction literature and also contributed independent work.
The Marathi Vishwakosh (lit. ' Marathi Encyclopedia ') is an online free encyclopedia in Marathi language, funded by the Government of Maharashtra, India. [1] [2] The project to create the encyclopedia started as a print project and was inaugurated in 1960, and Lakshman Shastri Joshi was named the first president of the project. The first ...
Polycyclic animals reproduce intermittently throughout their lives. Semelparous organisms reproduce only once in their lifetime, [27] such as annual plants (including all grain crops), and certain species of salmon, spider, bamboo and century plant. [28] Often, they die shortly after reproduction. This is often associated with r-strategists.
Evolution is an inevitable result of imperfectly copying, self-replicating organisms reproducing over billions of years under the selective pressure of the environment. The outcome of evolution is not a perfectly designed organism. The end products of natural selection are organisms that are adapted to their present environments.
Eukaryotes are organisms that range from microscopic single cells, such as picozoans under 3 micrometres across, [7] to animals like the blue whale, weighing up to 190 tonnes and measuring up to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long, [8] or plants like the coast redwood, up to 120 metres (390 ft) tall. [9]
Specialty Cookware or Appliances. Gadgets like a mini waffle maker, popcorn maker, ice cream maker, or sandwich press just aren’t necessary and take up more room than they are worth.
A marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Worldwide there is about 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi) of coastline. Coastal habitats extend to the margins of the continental shelves, occupying about 7 percent of the ocean surface area.
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.