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Space

Cite On clear nights, you can see the trail of the Milky Way's spiral arms. Earth is located in the Orion Spur. As author Douglas Adams wisely observed, "Space is big. Really big." Everything that…

Highest Infant Mortality Rate

A tragic measure of public health One of the most common metrics of public health is how many children born in that country survive infancy, or more broadly how many reach the age of five. Due to…

Lowest Infant Mortality Rate

A tragic measure of public health One of the most common metrics of public health is how many children born in that country survive infancy, or more broadly how many reach the age of five. Luckily…

The Megacities of Africa

Africa's urban landscape A melting pot of religions, languages, wildlife, and history make up the expansive continent of Africa. It indeed has small villages, and poverty does exist there as it does…

A Tenth Planet? Or Just Eight?

—By Borgna Brunner In 2003 the dating of an Ethiopian Homo sapiens fossil, “Herto Man,” was hailed as a milestone in paleoanthropology. At 160,000 years old, Herto Man was a full 50,000 years…

Weather

Weather Get information on meteorology, climate, extreme temperatures and precipitation as well as weather disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning Weather History…

The History of Women's History

Related Links The Wage Gap Women's Earnings as Percentage of Men's Mean Annual Earnings by Level of Education Women in the Civilian Labor Force 20 Leading Occupations of…

Bier Hier!

A brief history of Oktoberfest by Elissa Haney Oktoberfakts In 1997, Oktoberfesters consumed more than 5 ½ million liters of beer, about 45,000 liters of wine, and almost 165,000 liters of…

A Boy's Will: The Trial by Existence

by Robert Frost RevelationIn Equal SacrificeThe Trial by Existence and to know definitely what he thinks about the soul; EVEN the bravest that are slain Shall not dissemble their…