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Classical Mythology: King Theseus Wants a Wife

King Theseus Wants a WifeClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen With the death of Aegeus,…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 1997

Was Three Company? Past evidence uncovered in Israel and France has shown that Neanderthals lived on Earth at the same time as modern Homo sapiens. Neanderthals were found to have lived about 34,…

Goodall, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Goodall, JaneGoodall, Janeg&oobreve;dˈôl [key], 1934–, English ethologist and primatologist. After working with Louis Leakey but without any formal scientific training, she…

auk

(Encyclopedia) aukaukôk [key], common name for a member of the family Alcidae (alcid family), swimming and diving birds of the N Atlantic and Pacific, which includes the guillemots and puffins. Their…

musk ox

(Encyclopedia) musk ox, hoofed ruminant mammal, Ovibos moschatus, found in arctic North America and Greenland. The northernmost member of the cattle family (though it is not closely related to true…

Millais, Sir John Everett

(Encyclopedia) Millais, Sir John EverettMillais, Sir John Everettmĭlāˈ [key], 1829–96, English painter. A prodigy, he began studying at the Royal Academy at the age of 11. In 1848, together with…

February 2006

WorldAtomic Energy Board to Report Iran to the UN (Feb. 4): At an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, board members vote to refer Iran to the Security Council, citing its…

DK Science: Senses

ON THE ALERTTOUCH-SENSITIVE FEELERSVISIONHEARINGSMELLFIND OUT MORETo find food, mate, avoid danger, and communicate, animals rely on information gathered by their senses. Information is…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 1998

Prehistoric Eggs The earliest fossil animal embryos, dating from the Precambrian era, were found by American, Taiwanese, and Chinese scientists in phosphate deposits in China's Guizhou province.…