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Does sugar affect water freezing?

The Question: Does sugar affect the freezing of water? Why? The Answer: The presence of sugar (or salt, or any other dissolved substance in…

Hardly water(gate) under the bridge

The Question: I have researched literally hundreds of articles and cannot find the names of the seven senators on the Senate Watergate Committee. Can you…

Maxine WATERS, Congress, CA (1938)

WATERS, Maxine, a Representative from California; born Maxine (Moore) Carr, in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., August 15, 1938; B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1970;…

Land and Water Area of States, 2000

(in square miles) These 2008 figures show that there have been increases in total water area and decreases in land area in almost every state. /**/ State Rank (total area) Land1…

Do Seeds Need Water to Grow?

Watch and learn how scientists use the scientific method to find answers. Do seeds need water to grow? To answer this question, students will make a hypothesis and conduct a science experiment…

Fitch, John

(Encyclopedia) Fitch, John, 1743–98, American inventor, b. Windsor, Conn. Fitch began (1785) work on the invention of the steam engine and steamboat and secured soon afterward the exclusive right to…

Newton, John

(Encyclopedia) Newton, John, 1725–1807, English clergyman and hymn writer, b. London. Until 1755, his life was spent chiefly at sea, where he eventually became the captain of a slave ship plying the…