First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by Mike Morrison and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 20082008 Summer Games: ShootingEncyclopedia: Shooting Did You Know? The…
Primer on the Embassy Bombings and the U.S. Strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan by Ben Snowdon and David Johnson RELATED LINKS Kenya | Map Tanzania | Map Osama…
WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES? WHAT HAPPENS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE? WHERE DO MOST EARTHQUAKES STRIKE? HOW ARE EARTHQUAKES MEASURED? FIND OUT MOREEarthquakes are vibrations triggered by sudden rock…
SPRING-LOADED TRAPSTICKY TRAPPITCHERSFIND OUT MOREMeat-eating, or carnivorous, plants can trap and digest insects and other small animals. They do this to obtain the vital nitrogen that…
First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Related Links Olympics Overview 2008 Encyclopedia: Fencing One of the four sports that has been featured at every modern…
The Common ColdChildhood DiseasesIntroductionThe Polio PanicChickenpoxEar AchesMeasly MeaslesMumpsRubellaDeadly DiphtheriaPertussis, or Whooping CoughTerrifying TetanusThe Importance of Childhood…
Measuring the RainWeatherMeasuring the AtmosphereThe Take on TemperatureIs the Pressure Getting to You?The Wind in the WillowsIt's Not the Heat, It's the HumidityMeasuring the RainPlacing the…
(Encyclopedia) hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. In an atomic bomb, uranium or plutonium is split into lighter…
The following table lists the worst floods, landslides, avalanches, tidal waves and mudslides in history. 1228 Holland: 100,000 people reputedly drowned by sea flood in Friesland. 1642…
