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The Female Body

The Reproductive System The female body is incredible. The following list describes the events in a female's body that enable her to bear children.At birth, a girl baby has about 400,000 immature…

2006 Olympics: Cross Country Skiing, Men's

1.5–km Sprint  Time1Bjoern Lind, SWEFA2Roddy Darragon, FRAFA3Thobias Fredriksson, SWEFA15–km Classical  Time1Andrus Veerpalu, EST38:01.32Lukas Bauer, CZE38:15.83Tobias Angerer, GER38:20.530 km…

2006 Olympics: Cross Country Skiing, Women's

1.5–km Sprint  Time1Chandra Crawford, CANFA2Claudia Kuenzel, GERFA3Alena Sidko, RUSFA10–km Classical  Time1Kristina Smigun, EST27:51.42Marit Bjorgen, NOR28:12.73Hilde G. Pedersen, NOR28:14.015 km…

Animal Groups

Vertebrates and Invertebrates Warm-blooded animals regulate their own body temperatures; their bodies use energy to maintain a constant temperature. Cold-blooded animals depend on their…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 2004

—By Borgna BrunnerSedna Debuts, Rattling Poor Pluto Artist's rendition of the planetoid Sedna On March 15, 2004, astronomers confirmed the discovery of the most distant object ever identified in…

Science at Home

Look, No Hands See also: Science Projects Just for the Fun of It! Blow up a balloon without using your mouth or your hands…

1200–1299 (A.D.) World History

King John (1167–1216) Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)   1200–1204 Fourth Crusade.   1211 Genghis Khan invades China, captures Peking (1214), conquers Persia (1218), invades Russia (…

Olympics Fun Facts

The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In…

2006 Olympics: Alpine Skiing, Men's

Downhill    Time1Antoine Deneriaz, FRA 1:48.802Michael Walchhofer, AUT 1:49.523Bruno Kernen, SUI 1:49.82 Slalom    Time1Benjamin Raich, AUT 1:43.142Reinfried Herbst, AUT 1:43.973Rainer…

2006 Olympics: Biathlon, Men's

10–km Sprint     Time1Sven Fischer, GER 26:11.62Halvard Hanevold, NOR 26:19.83Frode Andresen, NOR 26:31.3 12.5–km Pursuit    Time1Vincent Defrasne, FRA 35:20.22Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR +2.…