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DK People & Places: Southern South America

HOW LONG IS THE AMAZON RIVER? WHAT ARE THE PAMPAS? WHAT ARE FAVELAS? DO NATIVE INDIANS STILL LIVE IN THE RAINFORESTS? WHAT IS SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST SOUTHERLY TOWN? WHY HAVE SO MANY EUROPEANS…

DK Science: Jupiter

THE GALILEAN MOONSJUPITER’S ATMOSPHEREJUPITER’S LIGHTSFIND OUT MOREJupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System, eleven times bigger in diameter than Earth and two and a half times more…

DK Science: Neptune

BLUE PLANETNEPTUNE’S RINGSTRITON’S GEYSERSFIND OUT MOREAlmost the same size and colour as Uranus, Neptune orbits about 1.6 billion km (1.0 billion miles) further from the Sun than Uranus.…

DK Science: Uranus

THE RINGS OF URANUSBLAND ATMOSPHERETHE BIG FIVEBIOGRAPHY: WILLIAM HERSCHEL German, 1738-1822FIND OUT MOREEnglish astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. It was the first planet…

Weather: Of Agnes, Gloria, and Hugo

Of Agnes, Gloria, and HugoWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great…

A Brief History of U.S. Banking

Source: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Banking has changed in many ways through the years. Banks today offer a wider range of products and services than ever before, and deliver them…

DK Earth: Planet Earth

HOW WAS EARTH FORMED? IS EARTH THE SAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH? HOW DOES EARTH SUPPORT LIFE? HOW DOES EARTH MOVE THROUGH SPACE? SEASONSFIND OUT MOREPlanet Earth is a dense, rocky ball about 7,920…

DK People & Places: Australasia & Oceania

FACTFILE: AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIAFACTFILE: MICRONESIAFACTFILE: MELANESIA FACTFILE: POLYNESIA FIND OUT MOREThe sparsely populated continent of Australasia is made up of Australia, New Zealand,…

Facts and Figures About Twisters

Facts and Figures About Twisters Although tornadoes can happen at any time of year, they are especially common during the spring and early summer. May and June are the peak months in terms of…

Professional Auto Racing

NASCAR's biggest race of the year is the Daytona 500, and it's also the first race of the year. Imagine having the Super Bowl at the beginning of the football season instead of at the end.Racing…