Materials and Methods A single Daphnia is placed on a microscope slide with a depression well and covered with one or two drops of water. The Daphnia is then covered with a cover slip and placed under the microscope. Look through the microscope and count the number of heartbeats in one minute using a stopwatch. Record this data on a chart. Then, using the same daphnia, extract the water from the well where the Daphnia is and replace it with one to two drops of 5 % alcohol. Place the daphnia under the microscope and count the number of heartbeats in one minute using the same procedure. Record t...

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In The Science, Rogaia Mustafa Abushard explains female circumcision, a ritual performed in Africa and parts of Asia. The immortalizing ritual of genital mutation is a tradition of many cultures. An untrained, uneducated midwife with unsanititized equipment does the agonizing procedure. The clitoris is cut off without anesthesia and the outer lips of the vagina are sewed together. After the operation the girls legs are tied together for weeks so the skin can grow over the flesh. The young girls are between the ages of four to eleven. This purifies the girls and it gives them status in the comm...

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