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Turner, Nat

(Encyclopedia) Turner, Nat, 1800–1831, American slave, leader of the Southampton Insurrection (1831), b. Southampton co., Va. Deeply religious from…

2009 Academy Awards

2009 Academy Awards | Oscar winners and nominees The 2009 Academy Awards were presented on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners…

Carving the Perfect Turkey

Six steps to serving the perfect Thanksgiving bird by Gerry Brown Related Links Thanksgiving Day FeaturesTurkey HistoryThanksgiving MoviesThanksgiving Day Football Many beautiful…

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…

Doctor

What is this job like? Doctors make people healthier. When people get sick, doctors figure out why. They give people medicine and other kinds of treatment. They also give advice about diet,…

Animal FAQs

Do animals cry? Most animals don't (with the exception of human beings), but there is a large, gentle marine mammal called a dugong who lives in the Indian Ocean and sheds tears when in trouble or…

List of Dinosaurs... By U.S. State!

State symbols have been around since 1893, when the World Fair in Chicago featured a National Garland of Flowers with a flower for each of the fifty states. While these flowers didn’t necessarily…

Roundup of Recent Science Discoveries, 1997

Was Three Company? Past evidence uncovered in Israel and France has shown that Neanderthals lived on Earth at the same time as modern Homo sapiens. Neanderthals were found to have lived about 34,…

Windaus, Adolf

(Encyclopedia) Windaus, AdolfWindaus, Adolfäˈdôlf vĭnˈdous [key], 1876–1959, German chemist. He was professor of chemistry and director of the chemistry laboratories at the Univ. of Göttingen (1915–…

parathyroid hormone

(Encyclopedia) parathyroid hormone or parathormone, a hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands that regulates the metabolism of calcium and phosphate in the body. It has been purified extensively…