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The Largest Earthquakes in the United States
Top of Page Source: Getty ImagesEarthquakes are powerful forces of nature that can cause great damage and destruction. Over the years, there have been several very powerful quakes that have rocked…Brewer's: Bandbox Plot
(The) Rapin (History of England, iv. 297) tells us that a bandbox was sent to the lord-treasurer, in Queen Anne's reign, with three pistols charged and cocked, the triggers being tied to a…January 2021 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page US News | Science & Technology News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…morphine
(Encyclopedia) morphine, principal derivative of opium, which is the juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. It was first isolated from opium in 1803 by the German…bow and arrow
(Encyclopedia) bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts; the bow is made of a strip of flexible material, such as wood, with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to form a tension from which…W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. Biography
W. Arthur Garrity, Jr.Age: 79 the federal judge who in 1974 triggered riots and “white flight” by ordering the desegregation, by student busing, of Boston schools.Died: Boston, Mass.,…Roundup of Recent Science Milestones, 2007
From a leopard species discovered to the Airbus A380 by Liz Olson and Beth Rowen Related Links 2007 Year in Review New Planets and a Larger Solar System Encyclopedia: Leopard…Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin C2/Columbia With his hip-shaking, house-quaking version of “The Cup of Life (La Copa de la Vida)” on the Grammy Awards earlier in the year, Ricky Martin may have given 1999 its one…Theories of the Universe: They're Complementary After All
They're Complementary After AllTheories of the UniverseChunks of UncertaintyJust a Little Math Won't HurtBorn of ProbabilityThey're Complementary After All Heisenberg's uncertainty principle led…Tsunami FAQs From the International Tsunami Information Center
What is a tsunami? The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity…Trending
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