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Baron Munchausen: Preface to the Second Volume

by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron insists on the ve...Preface to the Second Volume Baron Munchausen has certainly been productive of much benefit to the literary world; the numbers of…

Genetics & Evolution

Cloning Milestones Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Should We Play God?  Clones Aren't Exact Copies The Cloning Quandary Cloning Facts and Fallacies Oldest Human Remains in North America Found…

Oil Spill Glossary

Berm, Dispersants, Static Kill, and more by Catherine McNiff A-Q | R-W Annulus The space between the pipe and the wellbore. Biodegradation The breaking down of substances by microorganisms…

Brewer's: Nickel Silver

A mixed metal of copper, zinc, and nickel, containing more nickel than what is called “German silver.” From its hardness it is well adapted for electroplating. (German, nickel, which also…

Brewer's: Saccharine Principle in Things

(The). Mr. Emerson means by this phrase, the adaptation of living beings to their conditions- the becoming callous to pains that have to be borne, and the acquirement of liking for labours…

2005 National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review…