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(Encyclopedia) silk, fine, horny, translucent, yellowish fiber produced by the silkworm in making its cocoon and covered with sericin, a protein. Many varieties of silk-spinning worms and insects are…Weather: Droplet to Drop … How Rain Happens
Droplet to Drop … How Rain HappensWeatherBring on the RainDroplet to Drop … How Rain HappensTypes of PrecipitationFooling the CloudsSo Why Does It Rain? In "Partly to Mostly Cloudy," we discussed…The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology
A history of the conflict and the slow progress towards peace HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM: BRITAIN AND IRELAND Full size map: Ireland Political separation of Northern Ireland from the rest…Specialized Cell Structure and Function: Modifications and Adaptive Functions
Modifications and Adaptive Functions Specialized Cell Structure and Function Introduction Modifications and Adaptive Functions Cellular Respiration Protein Synthesis As organisms felt the…Walt Whitman: By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame
By the Bivouac's Fitful FlameBy the bivouac's fitful flame, A procession winding around me, solemn and sweet and slow—but first I note, The tents of the sleeping army, the fields' and…Movies and Film: A Condensed History of Color
A Condensed History of ColorMovies and FilmFilm: Aesthetics of Black and White and Color FilmBlitz-Klieg: A Brief History of Black-and-White FilmA Condensed History of ColorThe Aesthetics of Black…Financial Aid Glossary
by Kay Peterson, Ph.D., FastWeb.com Academic Year The period in which school is in session - typically September through May. Accrual Date The date on which interest charges on an…Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer Born: 1813Birthplace: Hertfordshire, England Bessemer steel process—In 1855 Bessemer, an English industrialist, patented the “Bessemer converter,” an early blast furnace that…Medical Maggots, Menacing Asteroids
Information Please's roundup of recent discoveries by Otto Johnson It seems the latest discoveries in our annual roundup are either mutant size-busters or minor portents of disaster.…multiple sclerosis
(Encyclopedia) multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the…Trending
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