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Types of Animal Partnerships

How different species get along Imagine life without your best friend. Who would you hang out with and talk to about your problems? Life would be so lonely! You rely on your friends for…

Super Bowl XXXV | Fun Facts

Super Bowl 2001:Fun Facts Dates and times, half-time entertainment, and the weirdest story of the week by Mike Morrison Top Stories of the Week ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW…

atomic number

(Encyclopedia) atomic number, often represented by the symbol Z, the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, as well as the number of electrons in the neutral atom. Atoms with the same atomic…

green flash

(Encyclopedia) green flash or emerald flash, a refractive phenomenon of the atmosphere where the top edge of the setting (or, less frequently, rising) sun will momentarily turn emerald green. The…

Franklin, Rosalind Elsie

(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Rosalind Elsie, 1920–58, English molecular biologist and chemist, grad. Newnham College, Cambridge (1941). She spent most of the war years (1942–45) working for the British…

aloe

(Encyclopedia) aloealoeălˈō [key] [Gr.], any species of the genus Aloe, succulent perennials of the family Lilaceae (lily family), native chiefly to the warm dry areas of S Africa and also to…

Piltdown man

(Encyclopedia) Piltdown man, name given to human remains found during excavations (1908–15) at Piltdown, Sussex, England, by Charles Dawson. The find led to much speculation and argument. Since they…

Yonath, Ada E.

(Encyclopedia) Yonath, Ada E., 1939–, Israeli crystallographer, Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovat, Israel, 1968. Yonath has been a researcher and professor at the Weizmann Institute since…

Theories of the Universe: Bang That Drum

Bang That DrumTheories of the UniverseScientific Origins of the UniverseBang That DrumA Big Bang AlternativeThe Accelerating UniversePlasma CosmologyThe Standard ModelThe Alpha and the OmegaIt's Out…

DK Science: Computer Reconstruction

Dinosaur on screenRebuilt in 3-DToday computers are used in all aspects of dinosaur study. In the field, fossil sites can be mapped and plotted using electronic measuring devices. In the laboratory…