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July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal

How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?

Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.

Roman Catholic Saints

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.

The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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pyrolysis solvolysis cleavage reaction thiolysis photodissociation phosphorolysis homolysis heterolysis electrolytic dissociation hydrolysis acid–base reaction reaction mechanism catalysis oxidation-reduction reaction ion-exchange reaction photochemical reaction combustion chemical synthesis fermentation chain reaction

Key People

Svante Arrhenius, 1918.

Svante Arrhenius

Swedish chemist

Sir William Robert Grove

British physicist

Viktor Meyer

Viktor Meyer

German chemist