(Encyclopedia) Jones, Quincy (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933–, African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and…
(Encyclopedia) black hole, in astronomy, celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from…
MTV Video Awards: Genre Award Nominees prev | rap | dance | R&B | rock | alternative | video from a film | next RAP VIDEO Busta Rhymes"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" Master P,…
WHERE WERE POLYNESIANS FROM? WHY DID PEOPLE SET SAIL FOR POLYNESIA? HOW DID THE SETTLERS NAVIGATE? MAORISFIND OUT MOREPolynesia is a group of scattered islands in the vast Pacific Ocean. Around…
VERTEBRATE GROUPS REPTILES BIRDS MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS FISH WHAT DOES THE SKELETON DO? HOW MANY LIMBS DO VERTEBRATES HAVE? FIND OUT MOREAll vertebrates have an inner skeleton, including a skull…
SKIN LAYERS HAIR FOLLICLE FINGERNAIL TEMPERATURE CONTROL FIND OUT MORE
The skin, along with hair and nails, provides the body with a protective outer covering that shields it, for…
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts Born: Dec. 11, 1943Birthplace: Denver, Colo. Kerry was raised Catholic in a family of privilege, and spent part of his childhood living in Europe. His mother was a…
Candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination by Beth Rowen Fred Thompson Related Links Fred Thompson’s campaign website Profile of Tennessee…
The Particle ZooTheories of the UniverseForces, Particles, and Some Cosmological GlueSize in the MicrocosmThe Forces You Already KnowThe Particle ZooThe Last Train to Quarkville One of the most…
