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Who Owns the Island of Gavdos?

The Question: The Island of Gavdos belongs to what country? The Answer: The Island of Gavdos belongs to Greece. Situated 22 miles south of…

World's Oldest Desert

The Question: What is the world's oldest desert, and in which country is it located? The Answer: The Namib Desert in Namibia is considered the…

Graham Greene

actorBorn: June 22, 1952Birthplace: Six Nations Indian Reserve, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Graham Greene began his theatrical career as a sound engineer, made his acting debut on the London stage,…

Why do stars twinkle?

Why do stars twinkle? We see the stars through the atmosphere. Their light passes through miles of constantly moving pockets and streams of air, which distort the image we get. The distortions are…

Space Glossary

This page provides explanations and images of bodies throughout the universe: galaxies, solar systems, planets, nebula, stars, asteroids, comets, quasars, black holes, and more. Asteroid This…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 2006

—By Borgna BrunnerStardust Memories After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006,…

Tom Hanks

actorBorn: 7/9/1956Birthplace: Concord, California Academy Award-winning comic and dramatic actor who won consecutive Oscars for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). He also starred in the…

Michael Mann

director, producer, writerBorn: 2/5/1943 Birthplace: Chicago After writing for the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch and Police Story, Mann won an Emmy Award as cowriter for the TV movie The…

Classical Mythology: A Lot of Bull

A Lot of BullClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen Having rid the isthmus and its…

Chechnya

The crisis moves west by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on October 8, 1999. Russian soldiers, fighting for control of Chechnya, carry a gun near Grozny on Oct. 8, 1999. (Source…