(Encyclopedia) Tower of London, ancient fortress in London, England, just east of the City and on the north bank of the Thames, covering about 13 acres (5.3 hectares). Now used mainly as a museum, it…
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In July 2005, a team from the California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of a possible “tenth planet” temporarily called 2003 UB313. This most distant object so far found in our…
Mercury mission coincides with journey of New Horizons as it crosses the orbit of Uranus by Catherine McNiff Related Links Space Shuttle TimelineSpace Shuttle (Encyclopedia) Space…
At long last, scientists announced the discovery of the missing piece to the Standard Model of physics by Catherine McNiff Two scientists checking equipment in the central…
Corsets In Florence during the Renaissance, Catherine de Medici decreed it bad manners to have a thick waist and designed a hinged corset that narrowed the waist to 13 inches.Corsets and girdles…
