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Agriculture, Forestry & Soils:
Forestry

- How do temperate rainforests differ from tropical rainforests?

General

- What is the Green Revolution?

- What is "precision agriculture"?

Soil/crop practices

- What is the difference between weathering and erosion?


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Medicine
Q: Does everybody dream?

A: Very likely, all normal people dream every night. However, many people think they rarely or never dream. In such cases, people simply forget most of their nightly dreams. But what are dreams, and why do we forget them?

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Engineering & Materials
Q: Technologically, is it possible to make a conscious robot? (Answer 1)

A: Such a robot would most likely have a computer "brain." Before addressing the question, we need to consider if a computer could be conscious. This question opens others, all within the areas of computer science and artificial intelligence.

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Q: What is "precision agriculture"?

A: Technological advances in remote sensing, the Global Positioning System, information management, and farm machinery now enable the optimization of crop control practices.

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