It's not all black and white.
The Veil Nebula shows off its brilliant colors.
Blue Planets
Earth, Neptune, and Uranus are all blue because of gases in their atmosphere.
The big and very blue…
WHY DO WE BREATHE THROUGH THE NOSE? HOW DOES THE NOSE DETECT SMELLS? FIND OUT MOREThe main entrance to the body’s airways is the nose. It also contains our smell sensors. The outer part of the…
Encyclopedia: Arts and Entertainment Forms of Art Art Movements Major Types of Painting Colors Value: Tints and Shades Complementary Colors Analogous Colors…
Getting Down to BasicsWeatherWhat Should I Wear?Playing the OddsGetting Down to BasicsForecasting from the Beginning Although this introduction to weather forecasting may seem flip, it is meant to…
What's the Difference? Bacteria are tiny, one-celled living organisms that can only be seen with a microscope. They live and breed in warm, moist environments in the body and elsewhere, growing…
(Encyclopedia) neem tree or margosa tree, a fast-growing broad-leaved evergreen, Azadirachta indica, native to India and Myanmar. Its extracts have been used for centuries in Asia as pesticides,…
(Encyclopedia) TamboraTamboratämˈbərə [key], active volcano, N Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat prov., Indonesia, rising to 9,255 ft (2,821 m). The volcano's 1815 eruption was one of the most destructive…
(Encyclopedia) Group of Seven (G7), international organization officially established in 1985 to facilitate economic and commercial cooperation among the world's largest industrial nations, including…
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, Jeffrey DavidSachs, Jeffrey Davidsăks [key], 1954–, American economist, b. Detroit; grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1980). He joined the Harvard faculty in 1980, and…
(Encyclopedia) Shiller, Robert James, 1946–, American economist, b. Detroit, grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1967), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., 1968; Ph.D., 1972). A professor at Yale…
