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Sun, Moon, and Stars: February 2002

Movement of the heavenly bodies: February 2002   February Calendar Moon Phase Day Phenomenon Hour (UT) Hour (EST) 4 LAST QUARTER 1400 9 am 8 Mercury…

Frances Moore Lappé Biography

Frances Moore Lappé writerBorn: 1944 With the publication of her book Diet for a Small Planet in 1971, Frances Moore Lappé helped millions of people to learn about eating in a more healthy…

Algeria Homework

The Question: Could you tell me what types of activities people participate in in Algeria? And what monuments and famous sites are located in Algeria? The Answer…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Another Fragment (B)

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Another Fragment (A)Another Fragment (B) Her hair was brown, her sphered eyes were brown, And in their dark and liquid moisture swam, Like the dim orb of the…

2001 Mars Odyssey (U.S.)

Destination: Mars. Launched: April 7, 2001. Arrival: Oct. 24, 2001. Mission: To conduct mineralogical mapping of the planet and study the radiation risk to humans over the course of three…

Proteus

Proteus is one of the darkest objects in the solar system—“as dark as soot” is a good description. It reflects only 6% of the sunlight that strikes it. Proteus is an ellipsoid about 258 mi (416 km)…

Tricia Helfer

Tricia Helfer played Cylon Number Six, the sexy cyborg, in both the 2003 miniseries Battlestar Galactica and the TV series that followed. Tricia Helfer got her start as a model, winning the 1992 Ford…

August 2006

WorldIsrael Intensifies Ground Offensive in Lebanon (Aug. 1): More than 7,000 additional troops enter southern Lebanon. U.S. General Gives Grim Report on Iraq (Aug. 3): Gen. John Abizaid, the…

Naming of Pluto

The Question: How did Pluto get its name? The Answer: We are always getting questions about Pluto, the former planet in our solar system…

Dawn (U.S.)

Destination: Vesta and Ceres. Launch: June 20, 2007. Arrival: Sept. 2011 (Vesta), 2015 (Ceres). Mission: To examine two of the largest asteroids and study the formation and evolution of…