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Microevolution and Macroevolution: Microevolution

MicroevolutionMicroevolution and MacroevolutionIntroductionMicroevolutionSpeciationMacroevolution Microevolution is the change in the genome, or gene pool, for a given species in a relatively short…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Mont Blanc

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hymn to Intellectual BeautyFragment: HomeMont Blanc Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni 1. The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto V

Inferno: Canto IVInferno: Canto VIInferno: Canto V Thus I descended out of the first circle Down to the second, that less space begirds, And so much greater dole, that goads to wailing…

Our Top Stories for the Week of October 17, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from international changes in power to protests. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week.   Around The World…

Math & Science

Marie Skłodowska Curie was the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, Physics and Chemistry. Math and science are two of the underpinnings of modern society. Every day we come…

New Orleans Slideshow

by Liz Olson photos by Carol M. Highsmith Influenced by French colonization, jazz culture, and Cajun cuisine, New Orleans is a unique U.S. city bursting with rhythm and…

atmosphere

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Atmosphere atmosphere [Gr.,=sphere of air], the mixture of gases surrounding a celestial body with sufficient gravity to maintain it. Although some details about the…

September 2003

WorldIraqi Governing Council Selects Cabinet (Sept. 1): Twenty-five member body will assume day-to-day control of government functions. Islamic Cleric Receives Mixed Verdict in Bali Bombing (…

August 2004

WorldChristian Churches Targeted in Iraq (Aug. 1): Four churches attacked in coordinated car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul. About a dozen people killed. Secessionist Tension Rises in Georgia…