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The Large Hadron Collider

The world's most sophisticated and expensive science project by Mark Hughes and Beth Rowen Two scientists checking equipment in the central tube of the LHC. Photo…

Back to School at the Movies

Lights! Camera! Learning! History lesson: Real heroes on film by Beth Rowen Patton George C. Scott as Old Blood and Guts This unforgettable biopic explores the hot-headed military genius…

Top 10 Favorite Halloween Costumes

by Mark Hughes We asked Fact Monster users to vote for their favorite Halloween costume and the results are in! Follow this slideshow to see the top 10 favorite Halloween costumes, beginning with…

National Poetry Month

  Featured Biography Marianne Moore American poet Notable Poets » Akhmatova - Byron Catullus - Dunbar Eliot - Hughes Jarrell…

National Recovery Administration

(Encyclopedia) National Recovery Administration (NRA), in U.S. history, administrative bureau established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. In response to President Franklin Delano…

greenback

(Encyclopedia) greenback, in U.S. history, legal tender notes unsecured by specie (coin). In 1862, under the exigencies of the Civil War, the U.S. government first issued legal tender notes (…

Cabot, Sebastian

(Encyclopedia) Cabot, Sebastian, b. 1483–86?, d. 1557, explorer in English and Spanish service; son of John Cabot. He may well have accompanied his father on the 1497 and 1498 voyages, and he was for…

2006 Olympics: Figure Skating

Will the Russians sweep? by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Michelle Kwan Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Figure Skating Medal Standings…

Australia: Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers Edmund Barton (1901–1903)   Alfred Deakin (1903–1904, 1905–1908, 1909–1910)   John Christian Watson (1904)   George…

Video Game Rating System

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) system for rating video games and computer software by Mark Hughes Related Links Top 10 Video Game Titles Video Games…