50 la brea tar pits in los angeles are the site of millions of fossils from the ice age. woolly mammoths, giant sloths, dragonflies, and other plants and animals from this era have been found in these pits.

scientists at the tar pits discovered that many of the smaller animals they extracted from the pits still exist around los angeles today. but many of the larger mammals—such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers—are now extinct. why do you think this is the case? what can scientists learn about los angeles’ climate history by studying the specimens found in these tar pits?

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

A3 year-old is brought to the burn unit after pulling a pot of hot soup off the stove and spilling it on herself. she sustained 18% second degree burns on her legs and 20% third degree burns on her chest and arms. total body surface area burned is 38%. what icd-10-cm codes are reported for the burns (do not include external cause codes for the accident)?

Which organism can most likely be classifild as domain bateria