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Malaria: A Nasty Parasite

A Nasty ParasiteMalariaIntroductionA Nasty ParasiteFever and Ague: Malaria's SymptomsA Frustrating, Yet Curable, DiseasePrevention and Cure Charles Lavern, a French army surgeon in Algeria in 1880…

Punctuation: The Colon: What a Party Animal

The Colon: What a Party AnimalPunctuationPunctuation MattersPeriod, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the LineThe Comma: A Major PlayerThe Semicolon: Love Child of the Comma and the…

Map Library

For printable outline maps, select a state, region, or continent from the dropdown menus below. For more detailed world and state maps, see the Infoplease Atlas.  …

island

(Encyclopedia) island, relatively small body of land surrounded entirely by water. (As the oceans form a continuous mass of water on the earth's surface, all continents are islands in the strict…

Silurian period

(Encyclopedia) Silurian periodSilurian periodsĭl&oobreve;rˈēən, sī– [key] [from the Silures, ancient tribe of S Wales, where the period was first studied; named by the British geologist R. I.…

When Did the Dinosaurs Live?

Dinosaurs lived throughout the Mesozoic Era, which began 245 million years ago and lasted for 180 million years. It is sometimes called the Age of the Reptiles. The era is divided into three…

Irish Saints

  In the Company of St. Patrick   Ten major Irish saints by Ann-Marie Imbornoni   St. Patrick Did you know? Although St. Patrick is…

Daylight Saving Time

A trip around the world reveals that time isn't a synchronized science by John Gettings and Borgna Brunner Map of world time zones – full size U.S. Daylight Saving Time Schedule 2015: March…

World & News

Countries Country Maps Flags from Around the World World Capitals More… World History and Timelines Encyclopedia: History Timeline Archive…