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Presidential Scandals

Ulysses S. Grant: Crédit Mobilier & the Whiskey Ring by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Although President Grant had some notable successes during his time in office, including…

DK Earth: Human Impact

HOW DOES FARMING CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE? HOW DOES INDUSTRY AFFECT THE LANDSCAPE? WHAT CHALLENGES FACE THE HUMAN POPULATION? POLLUTIONGLOBAL WARMINGFIND OUT MOREOver six billion people live on planet…

Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear A friend of our forests for more than half a century by Holly Hartman MONSTER'S POLL Who's your favorite bear…

shock

(Encyclopedia) shock, any condition in which the circulatory system is unable to provide adequate circulation to the body tissues, also called circulatory failure or circulatory collapse. Shock…

Kennedy, Ted

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Ted (Edward Moore Kennedy), 1932–2009, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009), b. Boston, Mass., youngest son of Joseph P. Kennedy and the last survivor of brothers…

cerium

(Encyclopedia) ceriumceriumsērˈēəm [key] [from the asteroid Ceres], metallic chemical element; symbol Ce; at. no. 58; at. wt. 140.116; m.p. 799℃; b.p. 3,426℃; sp. gr. 6.77 at 25℃; valence +3 or +4.…

Birth and Death of a Star

QT_WriteOBJECT('/images/star-death-birth.mov', 320, 240, '' ); This animation illustrates the process of triggered star formation. First, a massive star in its final death throes explodes or "…

News of the World: 1998

South Asia's Nuclear States Indian Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee shocked the world by testing a nuclear weapon in May. Indians burn President Clinton in effigy after he declared his opposition…

Indianapolis 500

When a driver travelling at 240 mph blinks, he/she will miss 50 feet of track. Innovations have gone hand-in-hand with speed at the Indy 500: in 1977, Tom Sneva was the first driver to brake the…

DK Earth: Forestry

WHAT ARE THE MAIN USES OF TIMBER? WHAT IS DEFORESTATION? FIND OUT MOREForestry is the management of forests with the aim of harvesting their produce, which includes timber, fuel wood, charcoal,…