Search results for "The Five K's" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Crab Nebula (catalog designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a ... This nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ... In the present-day universe, almost all new helium is created as a ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- with other rare earth elements, it is one of the most reactive of the rare ... a wide range of applications. For instance, the element is used in motion ...11 KB (1,398 words) - 22:23, 22 October 2022
- radioactive noble gas. It is formed by the disintegration of radium and ... isolated it in 1908 and named it niton (from the Latin word nitens, meaning ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- "nature") can refer either to the parts or functions (mechanical ... Since the function of a part is related to its structure, physiology ...6 KB (856 words) - 05:11, 24 November 2022
- Ibis is the common name for any of the long-legged wading birds of ... hawks, etc.). They also help to aerate the soil as a result of their ...12 KB (1,709 words) - 16:58, 10 February 2024
- Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... For practical purposes, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- of cancers that originate in lymphocytes of the lymphatic system, a secondary ... In lymphoma, the cells in the lymphatic system grow abnormally, dividing ...16 KB (2,166 words) - 03:16, 5 November 2022
- amino acid to a polypeptide chain at the ribosomal site of protein ... to a specific codon (three-base region) in the mRNA and binds on the other ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 01:34, 2 May 2023
- Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- Hoolock gibbon is the common name for any of the arboreal, tailless ... including aerobatic movement through the forest canopy, adds to the ...12 KB (1,738 words) - 16:17, 25 January 2023
- Marmot is the common name for the stocky, short-legged, diurnal, and ... while also providing benefits to the larger ecosystem and to humans ...12 KB (1,722 words) - 16:05, 6 November 2022
- Electrolyte solutions can also result from the dissolution of some biological ... is placed into a solvent such as water, and the individual components dissociate ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- voice and vocal range. She is one of the most celebrated ladies of ... of heritage and her last name, along with the fact that she was from New ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- Mangabey is the common name for the various Old World monkeys comprising ... Mangabeys, which are found only in Africa, include many of the more ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 06:45, 5 November 2022
- was a Japanese pearl farmer, inventor of the cultured pearl and businessman ... and a jewelry factory in Tokyo, and hired the best designers to work there ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 17:55, 9 November 2022
- written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 21:01, 26 February 2023
- The flatworms are a phylum, Platyhelminthes, of relatively simple ... about 25,000 known species, flatworms are the largest phylum of acoelomates ...12 KB (1,667 words) - 20:17, 31 July 2022
- known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch ... between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. The lateness of his conversion ...12 KB (1,857 words) - 06:56, 14 June 2023
- of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines ... As displayed in the images below, primary amines arise when one of ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2023
