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Classical Mythology: The Little Rascal: Hermes

The Little Rascal: HermesClassical MythologyThe A Team: Olympians AllFirst in War, First in Peace: AthenaThree's a Crowd: The Olympian Love TriangleFirst of the Red-Hot Lovers: AphroditeNight of the…

DK Encyclopedia: Space

SPACEWHERE DOES SPACE BEGIN? WHERE IS EARTH IN SPACE? HOW MUCH SPACE IS THERE? WHAT IS A LIGHT-YEAR? WHAT CAN WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK INTO SPACE? JOURNEY INTO SPACEFIND OUT MOREASTRONOMYWHEN DID PEOPLE…

DK Space: Rockets

HOW DO ROCKETS WORK? PROPELLANTFIND OUT MORESpacecraft are launched into space by rockets—the only engines powerful enough to overcome Earth’s gravity and lift objects into space. Most spacecraft…

Basketball in America: A History

An American game that has traveled well is basketball, now played by more than 250 million people worldwide in an organized fashion, as well as by countless others in "pick-up" games. Basketball…

N'cwala

Each February, the Ngoni people of Zambia's Eastern Province celebrate the first harvest of the year with an N'cwala ceremony. Twelve local chiefs and their best dancers travel to a village called…

DK Science & Technology: Telecommunications

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE HOW DOES A TELEPHONE WORK? HOW DOES A RADIO WORK? HOW DOES A TELEVISION WORK? HOW DOES A CELL PHONE WORK? BIOGRAPHY: GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian, 1874-1937 ELECTROMAGNETIC…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Drainage System

Drainage SystemAnatomy and PhysiologyCardiovascular and Lymphatic CirculationVessels To and FroHere, There, EverywhereGoing Their Separate WaysOh, the Pressure!Drainage System As you saw in The…

DK Science: Astronauts

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…

Scooter Mania

Scads of ScootersNot just for kids anymore by Holly Hartman [ Take our Transportation Quiz!! ] New York businessmen depend on them, Japanese teenagers can't live without…