Fertilization is the process of joining an egg and a sperm to form a zygote. The zygote develops into an embryo, which implants in the uterus and grows into a fetus. Fertilization can occur either inside or outside of the body. In humans, it usually occurs inside the woman’s body, in the fallopian tubes. If...
I have always been interested in planets. When I was younger, I would spend hours looking up at the night sky, trying to find different constellations. I would imagine what it would be like to visit different planets and what kinds of creatures might live there. As I grew older, my interest in planets turned...
Dinosaurs have been a topic of fascination for centuries and continue to be one of the most popular topics in the field of paleontology. Although there is still much unknown about these creatures, scientists have been able to piece together a fairly comprehensive picture of what dinosaurs were like based on fossil evidence. Scientists have...
Most people use the terms cyclone and tornado interchangeably, but they are actually two different types of storms. Tornados are much more destructive than cyclones, and they occur much more frequently in the United States. There are several key differences between the two types of storms. A cyclone is a large-scale air mass that rotates...
