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"Chemistry Of Cooking A Biochemist Explains The Chemistry Of Cooking cooking is all about chemistry and knowing some facts can help chefs understand why recipes go wrong. Because cooking is essentially a series of chemical reactions, it is helpful to know some basics. "

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On Sept. 3, 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.

"Teaching and Learning About Hurricanes"

"known as the fish hawk, the osprey exhibits several adaptations to hunting and eating fish, including dense, oily plumage, large feet, scaly soles, and a reversible outer toe that helps with carrying fish through the air "

watch an airplane be constructed

"It depends on what you define as "electricity". Do you mean the flow of "electrons" or the flow of "current"? Because, due to an unfortunate quirk of history, the direction of *current* flow is opposite to the direction of *electron* flow. "

"Wheels Up The Able Pilot program in Ketchum, Idaho, puts paraplegics formerly in the military in the air with paragliders."

"There are 11 after-school clubs at P.S. 1, including one that helps students produce their own videos. This year, they created a series of talk shows that focused on topics like math, bullying, health, happiness and peace."

"some tips about how to better use Gmail. There are many features and services that Gmail offers for free yet only few people know about them and use them. Being educators, we do need to be aware of these freebies. They can save you so much time and make your electronic mailing experience way better than you have ever thought."

our responsibility to teach kids how to find and research information, how to judge its veracity, and when it's time to ask for a grownup's help. I spoke to Daniel Russell, Google's "search anthropologist" in charge of Search Quality and User Happiness (yes, really), who brought to light some important tips you may not have known.

SafeSearch Filtering (or use Control F to find it quickly!) and choose what level filter you want to use. You can tailor it to every computer in the house. Google offers all kinds of safe search tips and functions on Google's Family Safety Center.

America's first jet flight, Oct 1942. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF AVIATION HISTORY. This is a very interesting little piece of historical film. It covers America's entry into the Jet Age with the Bell P59A. part is about the installation of a $2 doorbell ringer to the dash of the P59A to provide vibration so the gauges wouldn't stick. Ya' gotta' love it....

"detailed post about most if not all the search tips you need to master Google search techniques."

"We are educators and we have a big responsibility towards what and how we teach .Part of this responsibility is the sound integration of technology into education .The backbone of this technology is search engines and the king search engine for scholars and internet users ,in general, and according to the latest websites rank statistics is Google "

Boeing KC-10 - U.S. Air Force, one mission with all-female crew operated an aerial refueling tanker above the Middle East. special event - Unmanned KC-10 Flight.

"scientists at Dalhousie University, concludes that there are about 8.7 million species on Earth. The team analyzed the numerical relationship between species, genus, family and order in well-studied life-forms and used that pattern to estimate the number of species in categories of life that haven't been well studied. Some scientists argue that that almost surely underestimates some lesser-known classes of life. Only some 1.25 million species have been described in the 253 years since Linnaeus devised the method we use to name them. This means that if there are, indeed, roughly 8.7 million species over all, nearly 90 percent of the species on Earth have not yet been discovered and described. "

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