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ROUTERSLOCAL-AREA NETWORKSFIND OUT MOREA computer network links several computers. Together, they can do much more than a single computer. Office networks allow people to work as a team. At home…
MOVING GENESCARRIERS OF GENESIMPROVING SHELF LIFEFIND OUT MOREPlant crops provide us with food, clothing, and many other important products. Farmers select seeds from the best plants to grow…
POUCH BABYCICHLID FISHWOODLICE EXOSKELETONWILDEBEESTBLUE TIT NESTLINGSLOGGERHEAD TURTLE HATCHLINGSELEPHANTSFIND OUT MOREAs animals grow they can change in both their form and their behaviour.…
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EARTH’S LIFE STORYBIOGRAPHY: ANDRIJA MOHOVORICIC Croatian, 1857-1916MAGNETOSPHEREFIND OUT MOREThe Earth is a giant, spinning ball of rock and metal. The rocky surface we live on is the Earth’s…
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(Encyclopedia) space science, body of scientific knowledge as it relates to space exploration; it is sometimes also called astronautics. Space science draws on the conventional sciences of physics,…
(Encyclopedia) National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic…
