The Fog at the Beginning of the Universe A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001,…
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Why are some foods kosher and others not? by Michael Morrison Passover Dates (from sundown to sundown of the following dates) 2014 — April 14–22 2015 —…
WHY WERE MANY DINOSAURS SO BIG? HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DINOSAUR WERE THERE? HOW WERE DINOSAURS DIFFERENT FROM REPTILES TODAY? PTEROSAURSICHTHYOSAURSFIND OUT MOREThis group of land-living…
HOW ARE FOSSILS FORMED? WHAT DO FOSSILS SHOW US? PALEONTOLOGYFIND OUT MOREFossils are the ancient remains of living things preserved in rocks. They are usually formed from hard animal or plant…
IN TRAININGON THE MENUEVASPACE MEDICINEFIND OUT MORESince Yuri Gagarin became the first spaceman in 1961, hundreds of space travellers, or astronauts (called cosmonauts if Russian), have…
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(Encyclopedia) MixtecMixtecmĭsˈtĕk [key], Native American people of Oaxaca, Puebla, and part of Guerrero, SW Mexico, one of the most important groups in Mexico. Although the Mixtec codices constitute…
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