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The nitration of benzene is an example of an electrophilic substitution reaction - where one of the hydrogens (or other group attached to the benzene ring) is removed and replaced by another group. The...

There are two key perspectives within the 'Is sociology a science?' debate.

The first is the top down approach of Positivism which would say yes to the above question. Positivism believes...

There has been a growing trend that moves away from the separated conjugal roles of the within the family towards the symmetrical family, which basically means more similar roles exist. These include w...

Social action theories and interactionism can be defined as micro level, 'bottom up' approaches that focus on the actions and interactions of the individual. Importantly these theories are voluntaristi...

The genetic code is degenerate- this means that amino acids can be coded for in more than one way. In an mRNA sequence coding for a protein, each amino acid in the protein is encoded b...