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...world around us is enabled by what we see, hear, smell – that is, generally, perceive. There is no pun intended here: we make a lot of sense of things using our senses. Music technology, in particular, relies much on perception: if the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the ‘proof’ of music technology is in the hearing. Additionally, though, in technological...

...world's land area and population for various regions at the end of the twentieth century. Make rough estimates of the fraction of the land area and the fraction of the population that are in each of the following regions: (a) North America (b) Asia and Oceania (c) Europe (d) Africa. Answer (a) North America has approximately a sixth of the land area and about a twentieth...

...world...The metagenomics revolution: an introduction: 2.1 Uncovering life in extreme environments on Earth and beyond - Metagenomics bypasses one of the most severe limitations of classical microbiology: most microorganisms cannot be cultivated in the laboratory. This limitation is particularly relevant for microbes living in extreme environments. An extreme environment...