Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A bacterium that can cause pneumonia. Species associated with respiratory infection. Differentiated from others in the genus by negative KCN test. Serotype 3 only. A species that may cause sinusitis, bronchitis, or pneumonia. A gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile bacterium located in soil, water, and grain, as well as in the intestinal tracts of humans and…

A social bond based upon genetic relationship or by marriage or other partnership arrangement. In some societies, there are also ties, called Active kin, where there is closeness by arrangement, such as godparents.  

A proposition that altruism has biological survival value because the altruist’s beneficiaries tend to be closely related relatives who carry a high proportion of his or her own genes reciprocal-altruism hypothesis.  

A granular body at the base of a cilium or flagellum.  

Energy that is producing work. The energy of motion. It consists of the mass of an object and its velocity. The kinetic energy of an object is a direct consequence of its movement.  

The sensation of body position and movement perceived through nerve end-organs in muscles, tendons, and joints.  

A technique for teaching the learning disabled pupil that makes use of several sense modalities.  

Sensory information generated by receptors in the muscles, tendons, and joints that inform a person of skeletal movement, kinesiology.  

The sense through which the organism perceives muscle movement. Perception of body position and movement. The sense that enables the brain to be constantly aware of the position and movement of muscles in different parts of the body. This is achieved by means of proprioceptors, which send impulses from muscles, joints, and tendons. Without this…