In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

The Burmese python ( " Python bivittatus " ) is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world ( about the fourth-largest as measured either by length or weight ) .
The Python bivittatus ( or Burmese python ) is one of the fifth largest snakes in the world .

Uniformitarianism , also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity , is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe .
Uniformitarianism is the idea that the same physical laws of today have always operated .

Basalt columns can be seen in many places , and the sea has eroded the soft rock of the shoreline and scooped out many picturesque coves and grottos , which are among the special features of the islands .
Basalt columns can be seen in many places , along with coves caused by soft rock erosion .