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Your Body: A Peek Inside

Anatomists are people who study the human body. Everyone is unique. We have different skin colors, hair colors, body shapes and sizes — but we all look alike inside. If you could peek inside your…

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link See hyperlink. Linux A UNIX®-like, open-source operating system developed primarily by Linus Torvalds. Linux is free and runs on many platforms, including both PCs and Macintoshes. Linux is…

DK Science: Electricity Supply

HOW ELECTRICITY DELIVERS ENERGYNETWORK CONTROL CENTRESOLAR POWERFIND OUT MOREElectricity comes to homes and workplaces through a huge network of power stations and cables. When the supply fails,…

DK Science: Fungi

SOAKING UP FOODYEAST-COVERED GRAPESEXPLODING PUFFBALLMOULDSLICHENSFIND OUT MOREFungi grow without sunlight and feed on organic matter. A typical fungus is made of many threads growing on or in…

DK Science: Animals Growing Up

POUCH BABYCICHLID FISHWOODLICE EXOSKELETONWILDEBEESTBLUE TIT NESTLINGSLOGGERHEAD TURTLE HATCHLINGSELEPHANTSFIND OUT MOREAs animals grow they can change in both their form and their behaviour.…

DK Science: Interplanetary Missions

ORBITING VENUSLANDING ON EROSDESTINATION SATURN AND TITANMARS EXPLORATIONFIND OUT MOREScientists launch interplanetary missions to study the planets, asteroids, and comets close up. Mariner 2…

DK Science: Plate Tectonics

FRACTURED CRUST PLATE BOUNDARIES SUPERCONTINENT SEA-FLOOR SPREADING FIND OUT MORE Scientists believe that the Earth’s outer crust is made up of about huge fragments, called tectonic plates…

DK Science: Separating Mixtures

DECANTING GOLDDISTILLATIONFILTRATIONCHROMATOGRAPHYFIND OUT MOREThe substances in a mixture are separated by the differences in their physical properties, such as their particle size. The more…

DK Nature: Evolution

WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION? HOW DO NEW SPECIES EVOLVE? HOW LONG DOES EVOLUTION TAKE? NATURAL SELECTIONHUMAN EVOLUTIONFIND OUT MORELiving things gradually change over many generations in a…

DK Nature: Feeding

WHAT IS AN OMNIVORE? WHAT IS FILTER-FEEDING? CARNIVORESHERBIVORESFIND OUT MOREAll animals must eat other organisms to survive. Animals can be divided into two main groups, according to their…