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The Horn Book Award

For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…

The Search for Life in the Solar System

The Search for Life in the Solar System by Tim Porter While generations of cloned mice and asteroids the size of Texas dominate science in popular culture today, a NASA probe is quietly…

Columbus Day

Columbus, his journeys and legacy, and other great explorers and explorations Biographies of Famous Explorers Roald Amundsen Vasco Núnez de Balboa Ibn Batuta Richard Burton…

Holiday Census Facts

From the U.S. Census Bureau   Related Links Origins of the Christmas Holiday Christmas Traditions Why a Christmas…

DK Science: Satellites

HOW SATELLITES WORKSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSORBITSFIND OUT MOREAn object that circles another in space is called its satellite. Earth has one natural satellite, the Moon, but a swarm of…

Map: <b>The Arctic</b>

    The Arctic Information More on The Arctic: Almanac: The Arctic · North Pole · Arctic Circle · Arctic Ocean · Polar Regions · Maps - The Arctic Territories Greenland (Den.)…

Minorities and Women in the 110th Congress

Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…

Women on Pedestals

Sojourner Truth These are monumental women! Because of their achievements, their likenesses have been carved in stone for all to see and remember.Who: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the…

Highest Recorded Temperatures

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