The Yard Sale Your patriotic duty by Gerry Brown Summer has us all in her sweaty palms. The cliched images of "Summertime in America" surround us: Going to the beach,…
What is this job like? Using computer software, these workers combine printed material, numbers, pictures, and charts to prepare publications. They also write and correct text. They make graphics…
(Encyclopedia) hydrocephalushydrocephalushīˌdrəsĕfˈələs [key], also known as water on the brain, developmental (congenital) or acquired condition in which there is an abnormal accumulation of body…
(Encyclopedia) initiation, the transition and attendant ceremonies, such as ordeals and rites, involved in passing from one state or status to another, often from childhood to adulthood. It was among…
(Encyclopedia) Kirkwood gaps, regions in the asteroid belt within which few asteroids are found. Astronomer Daniel Kirkwood first observed (1886) that few asteroids had an orbital period close to 1…
(Encyclopedia) Block, Adriaen, fl. 1610–24, Dutch navigator. Eager to establish a fur trade with the Native Americans, Amsterdam merchants sent (1613) Block and another Dutch navigator to explore the…
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Other less commonly used chemicals have caught the media's eye recently. St. Louis Cardinals' slugger Mark McGwire has admitted to taking a testosterone-producing pill called Androstenedione (…