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Stresa

(Encyclopedia) StresaStresastrāˈzä [key], town (1991 pop. 4,684), Piedmont, N Italy, on the western shore of Lake Maggiore. Its lovely gardens and villas and the scenic Borromean Islands nearby have…

Reward for Missing Tail

The Question: How did the Manx cat lose its tail? All other cats have long flowing tails, but not the Manx cat; it only has a stump. The Answer: Be careful what…

Federal Obesity Guidelines

First Federal Obesity Guidelines:More than Half of All Americans are Too Fat Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Overweight and obesity continue to be an alarming public health problem…

DK Science & Technology: Genetic Engineering

WHAT IS GENETIC VARIATION? HOW CAN WE MANIPULATE GENES? GM FOODCLONESSTEM CELLSFIND OUT MOREGenetic engineering is the manipulation of genes of living things. Scientists can now insert genes from…

cryptography

(Encyclopedia) cryptographycryptographykrĭptŏgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=hidden writing], science of secret writing. There are many devices by which a message can be concealed from the casual reader, e.g.,…

American Medical Association

(Encyclopedia) American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and…