59:55 59:54 59:53 59:52 I started reading through the first question, which was already worth 19 out of the total 100 points. Bonding Orbitals are HIGHER/LOWER in energy compared to antibonding orbitals. What the hell is an antibonding orbital? I thought to myself. For a moment, I assumed someone might have mentioned it in […]
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The Best Offer I’ve Gotten in High School I’ve written a lot of articles on this blog. When I started writing this, I had 69 of them live on Inside A Wandering Mind. (Correction from future me as I edit this much later: 74 now.) That’s a lot of articles, and there’s a lot of
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We have one day in Toronto. Just twelve hours or so of sunlight to see all the city has to offer before moving on to our final destination, Niagara Falls, the next day. It wasn’t much time, but enough if used right. Which, to be honest, we didn’t even do at first. It’s kind of
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Introduction The Earth is a special planet in the universe for a variety of reasons. The two most famous of these, of course, are the fact that the Earth has life and the immense variety of environments in which life thrives. Earth boasts an impressive portfolio of over 9 million different Eukaryotic Species (although only
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Let me just start by saying that a single night in Ottawa was definitely not nearly enough to get a feel for the city. That night in the Canadian Parliament was memorable, but it was only scratching the surface of what we could’ve done if we had more time. I definitely need to come back
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DNA, otherwise formally known as Deoxyribonucleic Acid. It’s one of the most important, unifying parts of biology (at least for biology on Earth) that almost everyone on Planet Earth is aware of. (Yes, I’m talking to YOU in particular. You know who you are.) Denying its crucial place in biology is like trying to convince
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Ottawa: known for being the capital of Canada, the birthplace of Justin Trudeau, the seventh coldest world capital, as well as sixth world capital I’ve ever visited in my life. (SIX SEVEN.) That’s where we were headed for the fourth day of CANEDA; coming up today was a two-hour drive through Quebec into the famous
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Cells. No matter how bad you think you are at biology, you’ve almost definitely heard of cells. These are one of the most fundamental units in biology, but they can also prove to be some of the most complicated things that the universe has to offer. They’ve got dozens of different organelles that many of
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As it turns out, The Underground City is not the crazy subterranean fantasy-land you’re probably imagining in your head when you think of an “Underground City.” In fact, a lot of it isn’t even subterranean, but it is definitely something worth checking out. It’s got miles and miles of commercial zones, hundreds of restaurants and
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Well, it’s called “CANEDA” for a reason, and the “New England” phase of this trip is officially over. The CANADA phase of this trip was about to begin, and with it, dozens of interesting experiences were on the way. Montreal, as it turned out, was still pretty far from the border with Canada. After
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