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A Look at the Recycling Process

Did you ever wonder what happens to the objects that you toss into recycling bins? Here’s a look at how glass, plastic, aluminum and paper are recycled…

Theories of the Universe: It's Out of Control

It's Out of ControlTheories of the UniverseScientific Origins of the UniverseBang That DrumA Big Bang AlternativeThe Accelerating UniversePlasma CosmologyThe Standard ModelThe Alpha and the OmegaIt's…

mansard roof

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Mansard roof mansard roofmansard roofmănˈsärd [key], type of roof, so named because it was frequently used by the French architect François Mansart. It was not devised by him…

Kamprad, Ingvar Feodor

(Encyclopedia) Kamprad, Ingvar Feodor, 1926–, Swedish business executive. In 1943 he founded IKEA, which began selling low-priced furniture in 1947. In the 1950s the company began designing its own…

Harte, Bret

(Encyclopedia) Harte, Bret (Francis Brett Harte)Harte, Brethärt [key], 1836–1902, American writer of short stories and humorous verse, b. Albany, N.Y. At 19 he went to California, where he tried his…

Hess, Harry Hammond

(Encyclopedia) Hess, Harry Hammond, 1906–69, American geologist and oceanographer, b. New York City, B.S., Yale, 1931, Ph.D., Princeton, 1932. He taught at Rutgers (1932–33) and was a research…

Gordon setter

(Encyclopedia) Gordon setter, breed of large sporting dog developed over centuries in Scotland and brought to prominence there by the fourth duke of Gordon in the early 1800s. It stands from 23 to 27…

Ghor, the

(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…

epithelium

(Encyclopedia) epitheliumepitheliumĕpˌəthēˈlēəm [key], sheet of tissue that covers or lines the external and internal body surfaces. The epithelium is closely packed, has little intercellular…