Almanac—Cool Stuff—Pets
Ferrets
How to Care for Ferrets
1: Pick Out Some Furniture
Ferrets' ancestors were den animals, so the home you create should be like a den, too. Use a wire cage that's at…
The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano Back from winter vacation in Argentina by Gerry Brown The interior of the San Juan Capistrano mission. They're on their way. The famous…
American League Preseason Picks MVP: Alex Rodriguez, SS, Seattle Rookie of the Year: Eric Chavez, 3B, Oakland Cy Young: Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox A.L. Champion: New York Yankees Wild Card…
Where will the Sun first rise on January 1, 2000? Whether the millennium begins in 2000 or 2001 is not the only debate surrounding the New Year's Eve party of the century. Just exactly where the…
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A pendulum clock: Weight-driven clock mechanism
clock, instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial, the hourglass, and the…
These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…
(Encyclopedia) computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by…
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Wind instruments
wind instrument, in music, any instrument whose tone is produced by a vibrating column of air. In the pipe organ the column of air is set into vibration by…
