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Evaluating Web Information

By Pearson Education Development Group There is a wide variety of information available on the Web, making it one of the most powerful tools for doing research. But unlike most…

Special Issues

ISIL (formerly ISIS) militants parade through the then-occupied city of Mosul. Read more about ISIL in our timeline.Some issues are too big to tackle in our brief news updates. That's why the editors…

Create Your Own Financial Plan

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Web: www.dallasfed.org/htm/wealth/intro.html .Determine Your Net Worth Add up the value of all your assets, including bank accounts, stocks and bonds,…

Energy

U.S. Energy Sources Top Energy Producers and Consumers, 2013 Top Energy Producers and Consumers, 2012 What the Frack U.S. Energy Consumption by Energy Source, 2002-2012…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 19, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 18, 1806March 20, 1806March 19, 1806 Wednesday March 19th 1806. It continued to rain and hail today in such manner that nothing further…

diffusion

(Encyclopedia) diffusion, in chemistry, the spontaneous migration of substances from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low. Diffusion is important in…

electron

(Encyclopedia) electron, elementary particle carrying a unit charge of negative electricity. Ordinary electric current is the flow of electrons through a wire conductor (see electricity). The…

fishing

(Encyclopedia) fishing, act of catching fish for consumption or display. Fishing—usually by hand, club, spear, net, and (at least as early as 23,000 years ago) by hook—was known to prehistoric people…