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Imagine the boxes contain groceries.
Well, it’s easy – make sure the meat isn’t being shipped to the vegetarian restaurant, and that the box going there doesn’t contain meat.
The onions can go to either place, and the box bound for the steakhouse can contain either product.
The air bubbles that were a byproduct of the printing process were used to contain photosynthetic microorganisms that first appeared on our planet 3.5 billion year ago, as we learned yesterday.
To do that, we needed to contain bacteria and be able to control their flow.
In order to contain these relationships, we've created a single channel that resembles the digestive tract, that will help flow these bacteria and alter their function along the way.
That's because the lines already contain sound through the subtle smudges and smears.
These mountains contain also a scientific paradox: They are made by quartz, which is a very common mineral on the earth's crust, and the rock made up by quartz is called quartzite, and quartzite is one of the hardest and least soluble minerals on earth.
It doesn't contain my decimal number.
Well, in 1811, someone had an idea that if you had equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, they would contain an equal number of particles.
And since it's the amount of air in my lungs that makes me float, the farther down I go, the more pressure there is on my lungs, the less air they contain and the easier it is for my body to fall.
The FDA allows manufacturers to claim that their products contain "0" grams of trans fat even if they actually have up to half a gram per serving.
But human programs take up a lot of space and contain a lot of unnecessary information to a computer, so they are compiled and made smaller and stored in bits of ones and zeros in memory.
These legal frameworks aim to contain and prevent atrocities from being more atrocious.
We may see buildings that contain everything that people need for their daily life, as well as a smaller, self-sufficient cities focused on local and sustainable production.
Insects can contain up to 80% protein, the body's vital building blocks, and are also high in energy-rich fat, fiber, and micronutrients like vitamins and minerals.
Did you know that most edible insects contain the same amount or even more mineral iron than beef, making them a huge, untapped resource when you consider that iron deficiency is currently the most common nutritional problem in the world?
They have a high vitamin content, loads of healthy minerals, and can contain up to 50% protein, almost as much as in an equivalent amount of beef.
But some studies have also found that emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones, such as ACTH and enkephalin, an endorphin and natural pain killer.
Fresh fruits actually contain fructose, but it's naturally occurring and doesn't cause an overload because the fiber in fruit slows its absorption.
Those heads contain impressively large brains, with a brain to body ratio similar to that of other intelligent animals, and a complex nervous system with about as many neurons as that of a dog.
The central brain only contains about 10% of the neurons, while the two huge optic lobes contain about 30%.
Even bananas contain trace amounts of a radioactive potassium isotope.
So what other undiscovered marvels might we contain?
Amino acids contain the precursors to neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers that carry signals between neurons, affecting things like mood, sleep, attentiveness, and weight.
For example, many IUDs, or intrauterine devices, contain synthetic hormones which suppress ovulation.
Some also contain copper, which disable sperm while also making egg implantation in the uterus difficult.
Cavemen would also have consumed root vegetables, nuts, and grains, all of which contain carbohydrates.
Social media companies are considering using algorithms to help prevent suicides by flagging posts that contain specific words or phrases.
These foods contain polyphenols, which are naturally occurring antioxidant compounds.
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