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Adventures on the Yellowstone

Chapter 24 Chapter 26 Adventures on the Yellowstone The route of Captain Clark from the point where he and Captain Lewis divided their party, was rather more difficult than that…

larva, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) larva, independent, immature animal that undergoes a profound change, or metamorphosis, to assume the typical adult form. Larvae occur in almost all of the animal phyla; because most…

Top Deadly Diseases of the World

Of 57 million total deaths worldwide, heart disease accounts for more than 12%. See the table below for the rest of the top ten deadly diseases. Disease Annual mortality rate Percent of…

Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.

  Rank Cause of Death Deaths in 1980 Deaths in 2015 1 Heart diseases 761,085 633,842 2 Malignant neoplasms (cancers) 416,509 595,930 3 Chronic lower…

English Borrows from Spanish

New World encounters bring new words by David Johnson Related Links Types of Spanish Explained Columbus's Unknown Legacy Spain Latin America Languages in the…

Leading Causes of Death Worldwide

The World Health Organization, a UN organization that tracks global health crises and medical advancements, occasionally publishes reports they've assembled from data worldwide. These are their…

Our Top Stories for the Week of May 23, 2022

It’s been a busy week, from President Biden's new policies to storms. 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.   Biden Battles…