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  Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was born in Paris. As the son of a wealthy banker he was free to paint without having to worry about making an inc...

  Radium (Ra) is an element with the number 88 on the periodic table. When freshly prepared it is a brilliant white metal that quickly darke...

      It may be a strange thing to say, but many students when they start college have little idea how to read! OK – I know that you can r...

  Miranda is the innermost of the five moons of Uranus that were known purely from telescopic observations before space probes ventured in i...

  There are many people,   particularly Evangelical Christians, who are actively campaigning for the 1973 Roe v Wade judgement, that made ab...

  Factfulness, by Hans Rosling. Sceptre, 2018. ISBN 9781473637498 There is hope for the future of mankind and the world, but only if we lear...

  A cloud forms when invisible water vapour turns into visible water drops. The warmer the air, the greater its capacity for holding water v...