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- Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...r]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...ost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than th...
11: ...ayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Mus...
15: ...metary surfaces allows them to absorb the heat necessary to drive their outgassing. - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...y usually follow the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
4: ...[image:Timezones.png|thumb|400px|Standard Time Zones of the World by the CIA]]
6: ...l other time zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measur...
10: ...r a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ... if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...k of [[almanac|almanacs]], [[dictionary|dictionaries]] and [[encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if ...
3: ...ormation for quick reference, not narrative articles.
7: ...our bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists even large.
16: ...[Special:Allpages/List_of_U|6,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_ar|7]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ... the development of adequate propulsion technologies, stronger and lighter materials and other technol...
6: ... next to [[Redstone Arsenal]] displays many articles of space hardware, including a full-size replica ...
11: ...ve Earth's surface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]]....
13: ...4]], [[1957]]. This spectacular success led to an escalation of the American space program, and to an ... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...c method]]. The '''history of science''' traces these [[phenomenon|phenomena]] and their pre-cursors b...
4: ...considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many plac...
6: ...ledge, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an exter...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science==
9: {{seemain|Theories and sociology of the history of science}} - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ... all of the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Chinese art]] (especially the [[porcelain]] industry) reaching unpr...
6: ...d the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capital at [[Nanjing]] and adopting...
8: ...Xiaoping]] are the two other peasant revolutionaries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
10: ...eans "Vast Military" and reflects the increased prestige of the military.
12: ...dependent peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ia]], as well as other points. Its influence carries over on to [[Korea]] and terminated eventually in...
3: ...ough Turkestan-Khorasan, through [[Iran]] into [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Anatolia]], and then through [[An...
5: ...e was probably conducted over sections of the routes and it is probable that merchants and travellers ...
7: The last missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when ...
11: ...ad domesticated [[horse]]s around [[4000 BC]]. Domestication of the [[Bactrian camel]] followed later.... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ...se of the [[dinosaur]]s and of many marine [[species]].
7: ... general there are far more recognized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key as...
13: ... appearances; 3) The strata of any given area represented only part of the Earth's long history. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ... '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Car...
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on c... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
5: [[Military history of the United States]] <br>
6: [[Military history of the Confederate States]]
12: ...United States; also in eastern, central and southwestern regions
14: |Result||Defeat of seceding CSA
16: !colspan="2"|'''[[Battles of the American Civil War]]''' - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ...he meantime, the USSR suffered horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...rime Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Sovi...
13: ...y reigned over about one third and the United States over two thirds.
15: ...plified and refined in national ideologies to represent two ways of life, each vindicated in [[1945]] ...
17: ... an economic perspective—was the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.... - February (3791 bytes)
2: ...]] in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. It is the shortest Gregorian month and the only month with the leng...
4: ...ign of [[Aquarius]] and ends in the sign of [[Pisces]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the...
6: ...[Sextilis]] to honor himself), so that [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[July]] would not contain more days. Howe...
8: ...began in [[March]]. At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, [[Mercedonius]],...
10: ...26376; or 衣更月). It is sometimes also called ''Mumetsuki'' (梅見੍... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
1: [[image:socrates.png|thumb|250px|right|Socrates]]
2: '''Socrates''' ([[June 4]], c.[[470 BC|470]] – [[May 7]...
5: ...d his extraordinary hardiness, walking without shoes and a coat in winter.
7: ...that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see that ...
9: ...ng to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, and apparently it of... - Shark (14021 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Chondrichthyes]]}}
17: ...[[eye]] and called a [[spiracle]]), dermal denticles covering the [[body]] to protect from [[parasite]...
20: ... attached to the [[jaw]], but embedded in their flesh. The lower teeth are primarily used for holding ...
22: ... in [[lake Nicaragua]]). A few of the larger species, the Mako and White shark, are mildly [[homeother...
24: ...m bladders, they sink when they stop swimming; a resting shark sinks to the sea bed.<!--unsourced; fro... - Lightning rod (7638 bytes)
1: ...nclude '''lightning conductor''', '''lightning arrester''', '''lightning discharger''', and '''lightni...
3: ==Construction and uses==
4: ...so during storms. If the underground cable will resist [[corrosion]] well, it may be covered in [[sal...
6: ...ns usually have a web of the lighter conductor wires covering the whole plant.
8: ...o be unsatisfactory for protecting taller structures, as it is possible for lightning to strike the si... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''A. lithographica'''''}}
17: ...nd the role of [[transitional fossil]]s that endures to this day.
19: ...nd, all from the Late [[Jurassic]] [[Solnhofen limestone]] of southern [[Germany]]. The first skeleton...
21: ...feathered dinosaurs]] in [[China]] solidified the link between dinosaurs and birds.
25: ... [[wing]]s and a long [[tail]]. The [[feathers]] resemble those of living birds, but ''Archaeopteryx''... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic a...
19: ...]] (toothed whales; these include the above families and some others),
20: ...nose Dolphin]], the most common and familiar species of dolphin.
24: ...lify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.
26: ...s of the continental shelves, and all are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid. - DNA (29095 bytes)
3: ...to as the [[molecule]] of [[heredity]], as it is responsible for the genetic propagation of most [[bio...
5: ...itochondria]] also carry DNA, as do many [[virus]]es.
8: ...nd computers, but what are the electronic properties of DNA? Is junk DNA only molecular garbage?}}
10: ...ing that this is not necessarily a very accurate description, and that it's only meant as a generic ov...
22: This section presents a brief and simple overview of DNA. - American Black Bear (15019 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''U. americanus'''''}}
16: ...y due to conservation measures. By current estimates, more than 600,000 are living today.[http://biolo...
20: ..., black bears occasionally sport a slight white chest blaze on either side of the river.
23: ...ur legs. The black bear's characteristic shuffle results from walking flat-[[foot]]ed, with the hind [...
27: ... in banks, caves, or culverts, and in shallow depressions. - Orangutan (5406 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Primates]]}}
12: ...axobox_section_type_species | color = pink | species = Pongo pygmaeus | comment = [[Bornean Orangutan]...
13: ...ubdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Species]]}}
18: ...''Ponginae''', although that subfamily also includes the extinct ''Gigantopithecus'' and ''Sivapithecu...
19: ...Image:Orangutan-6.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Photo courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
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