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Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis: Airborne Nightmare

Tuberculosis: Airborne NightmareTuberculosisIntroductionTuberculosis: Airborne NightmareTreating TBTB Is a Global Peril TB-causing bacteria is passed from person to person through the air when…

Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis: Airborne Nightmare

Tuberculosis: Airborne NightmareTuberculosisIntroductionTuberculosis: Airborne NightmareTreating TBTB Is a Global Peril TB-causing bacteria is passed from person to person through the air when…

Thomas Hearns

Born: Oct. 18, 1958Boxer has held world titles as welterweight, junior middleweight, middleweight and light heavyweight; four career losses have come against Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and twice to…

Candidate Names in the 1998 Elections

Skip vs. Fancy Ray Noms de Guerre in the '98 Election by Borgna Brunner This article was posted on November 2, 1998.Teddy, Harry, Ike, Jimmy, and Bill knew the value of a folksy nickname in…

DK Science: Astronomy

GIANT TELESCOPESBIOGRAPHY: GALILEO Italian, 1564-1642FIND OUT MOREThe scientific study of the stars and other objects in space is called astronomy. Astronomers observe the Universe using…

oarfish

(Encyclopedia) oarfish, large, elongated fish, genus Regalecus, found in the oceans worldwide except for the polar regions. Oarfish species are solitary and rarely seen by humans. The giant oarfish,…

mammography

(Encyclopedia) mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. Tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography, is form of mammography that combines X-…

Braun, Karl Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Braun, Karl FerdinandBraun, Karl Ferdinandfĕrˈdēnäntˌ [key]Braun, Karl Ferdinand broun [key], 1850–1918, German physicist. Braun taught at the Univ. of Marburg, Strasbourg Univ.,…