Plasmodium

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Middle East bee locator map

Are the Middle East and the Near East the Same Thing?

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

Time zone map with standard time zones and International Date Line

Why Are Some Time Zones 30 Minutes Off Instead of an Hour?

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

airplane in flight (plane, aircraft, flying)

7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

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Plasmodium knowlesi Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium reichenowi malaria avian malaria endoparasitism Isospora Sarcocystis Eimeria

Key People

Sir Ronald Ross, bronze relief by Frank Bowcher, 1929; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Ronald Ross

British doctor