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DK Nature: Insects

WHY ARE INSECTS SO SUCCESSFUL? HOW DO INSECTS DEFEND THEMSELVES? WHAT DO INSECTS EAT? WHERE DO INSECTS GO IN WINTER? HOW DO INSECTS AFFECT HUMANS? INSECT CLASSIFICATIONANTENNAECOLONIESFIND OUT…

Cloning Milestones

Scientists hope that the advances in the cloning process can bring back animals that are nearly extinct Cloned bull named Got AP Photo/I.Lopez 1938 Cloning envisioned. Dr. Hans Spemann (…

DK Encyclopedia: People & Places

+ PHYSICAL WORLD FACTFILE: PHYSICAL WORLD FIND OUT MORE + POLITICAL WORLD FACTFILE: POLITICAL WORLD FIND OUT MORE + POPULATION HONG KONG, CHINA FACTFILE: POPULATION…

2006 Notable Books for Children

These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…

Recent Science Discoveries, 2000

Audible Snowflakes and Other DiscoveriesMore science highlights discovered in 2000 by Otto Johnson More Discoveries IntroductionIce Age Haute CoutureAntisocial Brain…

meteorite

(Encyclopedia) meteorite, meteor that survives the intense heat of atmospheric friction and reaches the earth's surface. Because of the destructive effects of this friction, only the very largest…

Yucatán, peninsula, North America

(Encyclopedia) YucatánYucatány&oomacr;kətănˈ [key], peninsula, c.70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km), mostly in SE Mexico, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It comprises the states…

Best-Selling Video Games of All Time

  by Dan Steckenberg Related Links History of Video Games Quiz Video Games: Timeline The home version of Atari's Pong hit the market in 1975. In the 34 years since, gaming has…

Paperback

Here are the best-selling children's books of all time (through the end of 2000), with author and year of initial publication, compiled by Publishers Weekly. OP means the book is no longer in print.…

Human Evolution

—By Karen Barss The story of human evolution began in Africa about six million years ago and it describes the very long process that our ancestors went through to ultimately become modern humans.…