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42983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja | Freyja | Freyja (Old Norse: “[the] Lady”) is the goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, seiðr, war, and death in Norse mythology. A member of the Vanir, Freyja is the daughter of Njörðr, and twin sister of Freyr. The most beautiful and refined of the goddesses, she owns the necklace Brísingamen, and rides in a chariot pulled ... |
42986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg | Frigg | Frigg (or Frigga) is the goddess of marriage, family, and motherhood in Norse mythology. She is the wife of Odin (chief of the Æsir), by whom she is the mother of Baldr and Höðr, and stepmother of Thor (Odin's eldest son) and Víðarr. Ruling Asgard as queen alongside the All-Father, Frigg often dwells in the dense, fogg... |
42990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wallace | William Wallace | William Wallace was a Scottish knight who fought the King of England (Edward I) in the Middle Ages. He was born in c. 1270, and executed by the English on 23 August 1305. Scotland had been claimed by Edward, and Wallace refused allegiance to Edward.
Origins
Wallace was probably born around 1270-1272. Little is known ... |
42994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir | Æsir | The Æsir (Old Norse: singular ǫ́ss or áss; feminine ásynja, plural ásynjur) are the principal group or tribe of deities in Norse mythology. Including Odin, Frigg, Thor, and Baldr, the Æsir reside in the realm of Asgard, situated at the top of Yggdrasil's highest branch. Alongside the Æsir exists a second family of gods... |
42999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart | Braveheart | Braveheart is an American historical movie war drama movie starring Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau. It is loosely based around the life of 13th century Scottish warrior William Wallace, who fought against the English when they occupied Scotland.
Actors in Leading Roles
Mel Gibson - as William Wallace
Sophie Marceau -... |
43000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor | Semiconductor | A semiconductor is a material that in some cases will conduct electricity but not in others. Good electrical conductors, like copper or silver, easily allow electricity to flow through them. Materials that block the flow of electricity, like rubber or plastic, are called insulators. Insulators are often used to protect... |
43002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curium | Curium | Curium is a synthetic chemical element in the periodic table that has the atomic number 96. It has the chemical symbol Cm and it is a radioactive metal. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the actinides. Curium is a transuranic element. It is a radioactive element that does not exist in nature.... |
43003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark | Lanark | Lanark is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is close to Carluke and Biggar. Lanark is approximately 40 miles from Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. William Wallace once lived there. There is a statue of Wallace on the town church. A plaque remembers where he "first drew sword to free his native land" in 1296,... |
43004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20I%20of%20Scotland | Robert I of Scotland | Robert I of Scotland (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329) was King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329. He is better known as Robert the Bruce, or simply The Bruce. He is famous for beating the English army at the Battle of Bannockburn near Stirling in 1314.
Early life
Robert the Bruce was born at Turnberry Castle on 11 July 1274.... |
43007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geelong | Geelong | Geelong is the second biggest city in the state of Victoria, Australia. It has a large port and 190,000 people living in its area. Geelong at Corio Bay, which is 75 kilometres south-west
Melbourne.
The city is a near many famous tourist attractions, for example the Great Ocean Road, the Shipwreck Coast and the Bellar... |
43008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty%20Python%27s%20Life%20of%20Brian | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Monty Python's Life of Brian is a 1979 comedy movie by Monty Python. It is about the life of Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a young man born on the same night and the same neighbourhood as Jesus Christ.
Other websites
1979 comedy movies
British comedy movies
Cult movies
English-language movies
Fiction set in the past... |
43009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundry | Foundry | A foundry is a place where molten (melted) metals are poured into casts, to make metal things of a certain shape.
Manufacturing buildings |
43014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20of%20Duty%20series | Call of Duty series | Call of Duty was a game series started in the early 2000s. The shorter form of the name; typically used, is CoD. The first 6 games are about World War II, but the series began branching out beginning with Modern Warfare. The series now spans World War II, the Cold War, the present, the near future, and the far future. ... |
43022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary%20particle | Elementary particle | In physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle that is not made of other particles.
An elementary particle can be one of two groups: a fermion or a boson. Fermions are the building blocks of matter and have mass, while bosons behave as force carriers for fermion interactions and some of them ... |
43025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamonkey | Seamonkey | Seamonkey may mean:
Sea-Monkey, a very small animal
SeaMonkey, an internet application
The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys, a television series. |
43029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin%20%28physics%29 | Spin (physics) | In physics, spin is the constant rotation of an object.
For large visible objects like the Earth, spin is the angular momentum of the turning of the Earth around its axis. This tells the amount of rotation that it has. Angular momentum changes with the mass and shape of the object, and with how fast it is turning.
S... |
43031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendigo%2C%20Victoria | Bendigo, Victoria | Bendigo is a city in central Victoria, Australia. There are about 86,000 people in Bendigo. It is the fourth biggest city in Victoria after Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat. The city area is and has the towns Bendigo, Marong, Lockwood, Lockwood South, Ravenswood, Sebastian, Elmore, Heathcote, Maiden Gully, Lake Eppaloc... |
43032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballarat%2C%20Victoria | Ballarat, Victoria | Ballarat is a city in central Victoria, Australia. Nearly 90,200 people live there, which makes it the third biggest city in Victoria, after Melbourne and Geelong. It is also the biggest city that is not on the coast in Victoria. It is about north-west of Melbourne. The city area covers about .
History
Indigenous Au... |
43037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdall | Heimdall | Heimdall (or Heimdallr) is one of the gods in Northern mythology. He is the guardian of the Bifröst Bridge. He was the son of nine different mothers and was called the White God.
Heimdall is the guardian of the gods. He will blow a horn, called the Gjallarhorn, if Asgard is in danger. His senses are so good that he c... |
43038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalum | Tantalum | Tantalum is a chemical element. Tantalum was named tantalium. It has the chemical symbol Ta. It has the atomic number 73. It is a rare metal. It is hard and blue-gray. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals.
Tantalum does not easily corrode. It is found in the mineral tantal... |
43039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium | Hafnium | Hafnium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Hf. It has the atomic number 72. It is a metal. It is silver gray. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. The chemistry of hafnium is similar to zirconium.
Hafnium is found in zirconium minerals.
Hafnium is used in... |
43040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutetium | Lutetium | Lutetium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Lu. It has the atomic number 71. It is a metal and a rare earth element. It is silver white. In chemistry it is placed in a group of metal elements named the transition metals. Lutetium can also be grouped with the lanthanides because it is near the lanthanides... |
43041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim%20Ducks | Anaheim Ducks | The Anaheim Ducks are an ice hockey team from Anaheim, California. They are in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Ducks changed the name on June 22, 2006. They used to be the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The name comes from the Disney movie The Mighty Ducks.
History
The team was created in 1991 and started playing in t... |
43042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3%C3%B0i%20and%20Magni | Móði and Magni | Magni and Móði (Old Norse: "strength" and "bravery") are a pair of minor deities in Norse mythology. They are sons of the god Thor, said to be embodiments of their father's traits. While Magni is born to Thor by the jötunn Járnsaxa (a lover of Thor), the name of Móði's mother is unknown.
Other than his part after Rag... |
43053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene | Kerosene | Kerosene or paraffin oil is a colourless flammable liquid, usually used for fuel. Kerosene is made by fractional distillation of petroleum. It may be used as fuel for lamps, in some kinds of cooking stoves, and in heaters. Kerosene is mainly used in the fuel for jet engines. The most common consumer use for kerosene in... |
43055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass%20instrument | Brass instrument | A brass instrument is a musical instrument that you play by blowing through a mouthpiece to change the pitch, or note.
Brass players use their breath to produce sound. Instead of blowing into a reed, they vibrate their lips by buzzing them against a metal cup-shaped mouthpiece. The mouthpiece helps to amplify the buz... |
43056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallization | Crystallization | Crystallization is the way that atoms link up in a regular structure. The structure is held together by chemical bonds or connected groups. Crystallization can be from a melt or from a solution, and can be natural or artificial. Rarely, crystal can form directly from a gas. Faster crystallization makes smaller size c... |
43059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir%20frying | Stir frying | Stir frying is a when food is cooked in a Wok (a traditional Asian pan for cooking). This method usually makes food cook faster.
Cooking methods |
43070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok%20Online | Ragnarok Online | Ragnarok Online is an online computer game. It was made by Gravity Corp. It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. The game was first released in 2002.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
2002 video games
Online games |
43071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns%2C%20Queensland | Cairns, Queensland | Cairns is a city in Queensland, Australia. 120.000 people live there. Cairns is about 1720 km (1,069 miles) north of Brisbane and about 2500km (1,553 miles) from Sydney by road. It is built on the shores of Trinity Bay.
Cairns is an important travel destination for tourists because it is warm all year round and is nea... |
43073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20Sea | Arabian Sea | The Arabian Sea is the northwest part of the Indian ocean. To its west are the Guardafui Channel, Somali Sea and Arabian peninsula. To its east is the Indian peninsula. It covers around . The Arabian Sea one of the warmest seas.
Limits
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Arabian Sea a... |
43075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20%28chemistry%29 | Base (chemistry) | A base is a substance that can accept a hydrogen ion (H+) from another substance. A chemical can accept a proton if it has a negative charge, or if the molecule has an electronegative atom like oxygen, nitrogen, or chlorine that is rich in electrons. Like acids, some bases are strong and others are weak. The weak bases... |
43076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterbium | Ytterbium | Ytterbium is a chemical element. It has the chemical symbol Yb. It has the atomic number 70. It is part of a group of chemical elements in the periodic table named the Lanthanides. Ytterbium is a rare earth element. It is soft and silver in colour.
Ytterbium is found in minerals named gadolinite, monazite, and xe... |
43081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20transplant | Heart transplant | A heart transplant is a type of surgery where someone's heart is removed and another one is put in because theirs is not working properly. The new heart is taken from a dead person who does not need it any more. The first heart transplant on a human was done by Christiaan Barnard in December 1967.
References
Other we... |
43085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Baez | Joan Baez | Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and activist. Baez is known for her very individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal range. Many of her songs talk about social issues.
She is best known for her 1970s hits "Diamonds & Rust" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie D... |
43086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar%20Union | Kalmar Union | The Kalmar Union was a historical consisting union of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and various other provinces and areas. At that time, Norway included Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney, and parts of Finland belonged to Sweden. The union was started in 1397 at a meeting in the town ... |
43099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20of%20Plenty | Bay of Plenty | The Bay of Plenty is a region in New Zealand. It was first called the Bay of Plenty by Captain James Cook in November 1769. The Māori name for the bay is Te Moana-a-Toi ("the sea of Toi").
References
Other websites
Plenty
Bodies of water of New Zealand |
43101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter | Plotter | A plotter is a kind of printer for computers. Plotters use vector graphics. Usually they are used to print to paper which is very large in size. Plotters print things using special, colored pens. There is one called the drum plotter. They are often used in warehouses. They are generally used for making flex or maps.
P... |
43102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot%20matrix%20printing | Dot matrix printing | Dot-matrix printers are printers for computers. A dot matrix printer creates characters by striking pins against ink ribbons. The print head moves back and forth on the paper like a typewriter and prints the image Each pin makes a dot, and combinations of dots form characters and pictures. This is much like a typewrite... |
43105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix | Vercingetorix | Vercingetorix ( in Gaulish) born c.82 BC, died 46 BC. was a chieftain of the Gallic tribe of the Arverni.
He led the Gauls in 52 BC against the Roman army in Gaul led by Julius Caesar. Vercingetorix's name in Gaulish means "over-king of the marching men"; the "marching men" would now be called "infantry".
Vercinget... |
43106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Noiret | Philippe Noiret | Philippe Noiret (1 October 1930, in Lille, France – 23 November 2006 in Paris) was a well-known French actor. He is probably best known for his role in Cinema Paradiso, and for playing Pablo Neruda in the film Il Postino. He died on November 23, 2006 of cancer.
Selected works
Film
Other websites
1930 births
2006 de... |
43112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Bellucci | Monica Bellucci | Monica Bellucci (born on 30 September 1964 is an Italian actress. She was born in Città di Castello, Umbria. Bellucci started modelling at 16. She is the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company. She used to be a fashion model. She speaks Italian, French, and Englis... |
43129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrayfield%20Stadium | Murrayfield Stadium | Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh is the home of the Scottish national rugby team. It was first built in 1925. In 1995, the stadium was renovated. It has seats for 67,144 people. It held the record for the most people at a rugby union match. 104,000 people watched Scotland play Wales in 1975.
Buildings and structures ... |
43130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20football%20clubs%20in%20Sweden | List of football clubs in Sweden |
This is a list of football clubs in Sweden.
By league
Allsvenskan
Superettan
Division 1
Division 1 Norra
Division 1 Södra
Division 2
Division 3
Alphabetically
Å Ä Ö
A
AIK
Akropolis IF
Annelunds IF
Anundsjö IF
Arameiska-Syrianska KIF
Asmundtorps IF
Assyriska Föreningen
Avesta AIK
B
Betsele I... |
43131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allm%C3%A4nna%20Idrottsklubben | Allmänna Idrottsklubben | AIK (which stands for Allmänna Idrottsklubben), is a sports club from Sweden. It is one of the biggest and one of the oldest in the country. It was founded in 1891. The name means Common (or Public) Sports Club. It has departments for many different sports including football, ice hockey, bandy, golf, table tennis, bowl... |
43133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Ten | Network Ten | Network Ten is one of three major television networks in Australia. It started broadcasting television in 1965, when they were called Independent Television Network.
Shows
Shows that Network Ten buy from other countries and broadcast in Australia include:
The Simpsons
The O.C.
Jericho
The Biggest Loser
House
The Bol... |
43135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Network | Seven Network | Seven Network is one of three major television networks in Australia. It started broadcasting in 1956. In recent years, it has grown into a diversified media company. Seven Network's main shareholder is Kerry Stokes.
Seven Network's studio headquarters are in a converted warehouse at Jones Bay Wharf in Pyrmont, Sydn... |
43136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting | Accounting | Accounting or accountancy is the job of sharing financial information about a business to managers and shareholders (people who have invested in the business). Accounting is often called the "language of business". Accountants are people who do accounting, and also carry out the auditing or checking of a company's book... |
43138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des%20Lynam | Des Lynam | Desmond Michael Lynam (born 17 September 1942) was an British television and radio presenter. He was born in Ennis, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. He was best known for presenting the BBC's sport coverage such as Grandstand.
Lynam also presented Countdown on Channel 4 from 2005-2006. He was replaced by Des O'Con... |
43139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate | Carbonate | A carbonate is a chemical compound that has the carbonate ion, . This ion is made of carbon and oxygen. The name may also mean an ester of carbonic acid, an organic compound containing the carbonate group C(=O)(O–)2 of carbon and oxygen. They have a valency of 1.
When added to an acid, a carbonate will produce carbo... |
43146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie%20van%20Leeuwenhoek | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (24 October 1632 – 30 August 1723; last name pronounced 'Layvenhook') was a Dutch tradesman and scientist from Delft, Netherlands. He is best known for his work to improve the microscope.
Using his handcrafted microscopes, he was the first to see and describe single celled organisms, wh... |
43153 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie | Barbie | Barbie is an American fashion doll best known as a toy doll. Starting as just a doll, Barbie became a brand. It is most common in the United States. It is named after a girl named Barbara, who was the toy maker's daughter. Though the brand is most famous for the doll, other merchandise has been created with the Barbie... |
43158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmesan%20cheese | Parmesan cheese | Parmesan cheese is the name of an Italian extra-hard cheese made of raw cow's milk. The original Parmesan cheese is more precisely called Parmigiano-Reggiano. It is produced only in Italy, in the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantua (partly) and Bologna (partly). It is usually the cheese to go with Spaghet... |
43159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Liszt | Franz Liszt | Franz Liszt (born Raiding, nr. Sopron, October 22, 1811; died Bayreuth, July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Liszt (pronounced like “list”) was one of the most important musicians of the 19th century. He was the greatest pianist of his time and went on lots of tours through Europe where everyone filled ... |
43160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom%20%28website%29 | Fandom (website) | Fandom (previously known as Wikia and before that, Wikicities) is an organization for making websites that are wikis. Wikia was started in 2004 by Jimmy Wales, who also started Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley. The name of Wikicities was changed to Wikia on March 27, 2006 to prevent other people from mistaking it for a wi... |
43162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozzarella | Mozzarella | Mozzarella is a kind of fresh cheese. Originally, it was Italian but now it can be found all over the world. Its made of the milk of cows or water buffalos. A cheese produced in a similar way, but with sheep's milk is common in Sardinia, Abruzzo and Lazio. It is sometimes called mozzapecora. Mozzarella made with goats... |
43163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburger%20cheese | Limburger cheese | Limburger cheese is a cheese made from cows' milk. Its name comes from the Duchy of Limburg, which is divided between Holland, Belgium and Germany today. Limburger cheese is known for its strong smell, which is caused by the bacterium that lives in its rind. Since about the mid nineteenth century, most Limburger is pro... |
43168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyScene | MyScene | MyScene is a type of doll created by the Mattel Toy Company. They share the product name of Barbie, but they have differences with the head shapes. The line was supposedly started as a rival to the popular Bratz dolls.
Movies
The My Scene characters have starred in three DVD movies:
"Jammin' In Jamaica"
"Masquerade... |
43170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora%20Bora | Bora Bora | Bora Bora is a small island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Vaitape is the largest city on the island with 4,000 people. There is an airport on an islet where residents can fly to other islands in French Polynesia.
Bora Bora has one ... |
43171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian%20Mountains | Appalachian Mountains | The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a large group of North American mountains. They are partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States. They form an area from to wide, running from the island of Newfoundland in Canada to central Alabama in the United States.
The individual mountains average a... |
43172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven-Symon%C3%A9 | Raven-Symoné | Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985) is an American actress and singer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She moved to Ossining, New York at age three. She played the role of "Olivia" in the last three seasons of The Cosby Show (1984).
Pearman is most well known as the person Raven in the TV show T... |
43182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian%20horse | Arabian horse | The Arabian horse is a breed famous for beauty and stamina. It is one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. Arabian horses are bred with horses of other breeds to add speed, beauty, endurance, and strong bones. Today, Arabian ancestors are found in almost every breed of riding horse.
The Arabian horse developed in ... |
43183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20crust | Earth's crust | The Earth's crust is the Earth's hard outer layer. It is less than 1% of Earth's volume. The crust is made up of different types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Below the crust is the mantle. The crust and the upper mantle make up the lithosphere. The lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plate... |
43184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20chain | Food chain | A food chain shows the feeding relationship between different organisms in a particular environment and/or habitat.
Plants are at the bottom of a food chain because they are producers that make their food from photosynthesis. Consumers are animals that eat the products of producers or other animals. The direction of... |
43188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryology | Embryology | Embryology is the study of embryos and their development. The study of embryology starts with the fertilisation of an egg, and continues until the foetus stage. A broader term, developmental biology, covers the whole period of growth from the egg to adult life.
In mammals (and some other animals) embryos develop ins... |
43191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histology | Histology | Histology is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals, particularly the tissues. It is a part of cytology, and an essential tool of biology and medicine.
Histology is usually done by looking at cells and tissues under a light microscope or electron microscope. The tissue has to b... |
43192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Arbor%2C%20Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Washtenaw County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Ann Arbor was the 6th largest city in Michigan. In 2010, there were 113,934 people living there. The city is part of the Detroit Metropolitan Combined Statistial Area.
Ann Arbor was s... |
43194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiology | Microbiology | Microbiology - (Greek μικρός, mikrós, „tiny“, βίος, bíos, „life“ and λόγος, lógos, „science“) is a science in the composition of biology, which is occupied by the study of microorganisms (bacterium, (archaebacteria), microscopic fungi, protozoa,alga,and viruses). Into the field of the interests of microbiology enter t... |
43195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposable%20element | Transposable element | A transposable element is often called a transposon. It is a sequence of DNA that can move to new positions in the genome of a single cell. The press sometimes call them jumping genes, but it is not correct to call them 'genes'.
Transposons were first found by Barbara McClintock while working on maize in the 1930s t... |
43199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toowoomba | Toowoomba | Toowoomba (also called 'Garden City' by people who live there) is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is 132 km west of Brisbane, and two hours drive from the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast beaches. About 115,000 people live there, which makes Toowoomba Australia's second largest city that is not on the coast... |
43200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albury%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Albury, New South Wales | Albury is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Hume Highway that runs between Sydney and Melbourne. The Murray River separates Albury from Wodonga. Albury is on the north side of the Murray River. The river is also the border between Victoria and New South Wales. It is about 550 km from the state capital ... |
43205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20de%20Goya | Francisco de Goya | Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 30 April 1828) was a Spanish painter. He painted many portraits of the Spanish Royal Family. His most famous paintings are Charles IV of Spain and His Family and The Third of May 1808. He regularly painted the famous Duchess of Alba.
Life
Youth
Goya was born in Fu... |
43209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusive%20disjunction | Inclusive disjunction | Inclusive disjunction (also called or) is a logic operation. It normally takes two truth values as inputs and returns one truth value as output. It is false when both inputs are false, but is true otherwise. It is written with the symbol .
In general, given two propositions and , is true if is true, or if is true,... |
43210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20conjunction | Logical conjunction | Logical conjunction (very often called and) is a logic operation. It is represented by the symbol . Logical conjunction takes two truth values as inputs and returns an output. If both of the inputs are "true" at the same time, then logical conjunction outputs "true". If one of the inputs is false, or if both of the inp... |
43211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20negation | Logical negation | Logical negation (also known as not) is a logic operation. For a proposition , its negation is written as . It takes one input. It flips the value of the input as the output. If the input was true, it returns false; If the input was false, it returns true.
Related pages
First order logic
Propositional logic
Refer... |
43212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20equality | Logic equality | Logical equality is a logical operation. It corresponds to equality () in Boolean algebra and biconditional (written or ) in logic. It takes two inputs. It returns true if both inputs are true or if both inputs are false. Otherwise (when they are different), it returns false.
Related pages
Implication (logic)
Ref... |
43213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implication%20%28logic%29 | Implication (logic) | Implication (also known as logical consequence, implies, or If ... then) is a logical operation. It is the relationship between statements that holds true when one logically "follows from" one or more others. While a statement of the form "if P then Q" is often written as , the assertion that "Q is a logical consequen... |
43215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic%20art | Hellenistic art | The art of the Hellenistic time (from 400 B.C. to the end of the first century B.C.) in Greece) is sculpture and painting and other things. For a long time, people said that the art of that time was not good. Pliny the Elder talked about the Greek sculpture of the classical time (500 B.C. - 323 B.C., the time before ... |
43216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest | Interest | Interest is the cost for borrowing money or the payment for lending money. Usually, this is fixed as a percentage of the amount of money borrowed (which is called interest rate).
Simple and Compound interest
If the interest charged on $100 is 1 percent per year then every year the borrower must pay $1. If the $1 is no... |
43217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Newcastle, New South Wales | Newcastle is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is also the second oldest city in Australia. Newcastle is 160km north of Sydney, and is the largest coal-harbour in the world. 500,000 people live in Newcastle making it second largest city in New South Wales. Newcastle was started in 1804 by Lieutenant Charles Menz... |
43219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era | Era | An era in geology is a time of several hundred million years. It describes a long series of rock strata which geologists decide should be given a name. An example is the Mesozoic era, when dinosaurs lived on the Earth.
An era is made up of periods, and several eras make up an eon. The Phanerozoic eon started about 54... |
43220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning | Drowning | Drowning is a form of death caused by being suffocated with water or another liquid.
Near drowning is the survival of a drowning event where the person is unconsciousness (passed out) or breathes in a dangerously large amount of water, and can cause serious problems, including death, later on. That means that near drow... |
43222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s%20cat | Schrödinger's cat | Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment about quantum physics. Erwin Schrödinger suggested it in 1935, in reaction to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics.
Schrödinger wrote:
In simple terms, Schrödinger stated that if you place a cat and something that could kill the cat (a radioactive atom) in a box ... |
43224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollongong%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Wollongong, New South Wales | Wollongong is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the eastern coast of Australia, , just over one hour from the south of Sydney and 2.5 hours from Canberra. It is the third largest city in New South Wales, after Sydney and Newcastle.
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43225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule | Yule | Yuletide is a pagan holiday also known as the Winter solstice. Generally celebrated by Wiccans and Northern European Christians. "Yuletide" celebrates the birth of the Sun and also celebrates the "Mother" at the height of her "Greatness".
Pagans celebrate Yuletide in many ways, most will decorate a "Yuletide" tree, k... |
43229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cities%20in%20Australia | List of cities in Australia | This is a list of cities in Australia sorted by state.
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra (National Capital)
New South Wales
Sydney (Capital)
Albury (NSW-Victoria border)
Armidale
Bathurst
Broken Hill
Cessnock
Coffs Harbour
Dubbo
Gosford
Goulburn
Grafton
Griffith
Lake Macquarie
Lismore
Maitland
... |
43233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrnambool%2C%20Victoria | Warrnambool, Victoria | Warrnambool is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. About 32,000 people live in the city. It is at the western end of the Great Ocean Road. It is also on the Princes Highwaywhich links Melbourne and Adelaide. Warrnambool is 265 kilometres and 3 hours from Melbourne by road or rail. The name Warrnam... |
43238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney%20Sloan | Whitney Sloan | Whitney Adela Sloan (born August 21, 1988) is an English actress. She is from London, England. Perhaps her most notable role is in a recent Disney made movie, Go Figure.
Other websites
1988 births
Living people
English movie actors
English television actors
Actors from London
Disney actors |
43239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia | Macedonia | Macedonia or Macedonian may refer to:
Places
Macedonia (region) as a complete region including the whole Macedonia
Republic of North Macedonia, a Balkan, land-locked country
Macedonians, a Slavic people who live in the Republic of North Macedonia
Macedonian language, a Slavic language spoken in the Republic of Nor... |
43240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%E2%80%93paper%E2%80%93scissors | Rock–paper–scissors | Rock, paper, scissors (RPS) is a two-person hand game. It is often used as a selection method in a similar way to coin flipping or drawing straws to randomly select a person for some purpose. However, unlike truly random selections, it can be played with skill if the game extends over many sessions, as a player can oft... |
43244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin | Darwin | Darwin can mean:
Charles Darwin (1809–1882), the person who developed the biological theory of evolution by natural selection
Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), the grandfather of Charles
Darwin, Northern Territory, capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia
Darwin (operating system), a computer operating system us... |
43248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Leung | Katie Leung | Katie Liu Leung (born 8 August 1987) is a Scottish actress. She is most famous for her role as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter series. She was born in Dundee, Scotland.
Her parents, Peter and Kar Wai Li Leung, are Chinese immigrants. After her parents got divorced, she lived with her father in a £400,000 house in Mother... |
43262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20noir | Film noir | Film noir is a term used to describe crime drama movies from Hollywood that are often focused on sex, crime, and corruption.
Film noir movies were mostly made from the early 1940s to the late 1950s in the United States, and they were usually filmed in black-and-white. The term "film noir" comes from the French term f... |
43263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz%20fusion | Jazz fusion | Jazz fusion (or "jazz-rock fusion" or fusion) is a genre or style of music. Jazz fusion mixes jazz with rock. Some jazz fusion also uses funk, rhythm and blues and world music.
Jazz fusion is usually played with instruments, without singing. The songs are often longer than those in pop music. A jazz fusion song could ... |
43266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio%20Olimpico | Stadio Olimpico | Stadio Olimpico is a sports stadium in Rome, Italy.
Events
1960 Summer Olympics
UEFA Euro 1968 Final
1976 UEFA Champions League Final
1984 European Cup Final
1987 World Athletics Championships
1990 FIFA World Cup Final
1996 UEFA Champions League Final
2009 UEFA Champions League Final
S.S. Lazio and A.S. Roma... |
43267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulation | Insulation | Insulation might mean:
Thermal insulation, materials used to reduce the rate of heat transfer
Building insulation, thermal insulation added to buildings for comfort and energy efficiency
Insulated glazing
Insulator (electricity), materials used to reduce the conduction of electricity
Soundproofing, reducing sound |
43270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc%20de%20Triomphe | Arc de Triomphe | The Arc de Triomphe (meaning arch of victory), at the centre of the place de l'Étoile and the western end of the Champs-Elysées, is a very famous monument in Paris.
Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte commissioned it in 1806 after victory in the Battle of Austerlitz. It is a large arch, but it is not possible to drive underne... |
43271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show | Show | Show can mean different things:
It can mean a theatrical play
It can mean a film or movie
It can mean a musical concert
It can mean a performance at the opera
It can also mean a television program |
43273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20light | Traffic light | Traffic lights (or traffic signals) are lights used to control the movement of traffic. They are placed at road intersections and crossings. The different colors of lights tell drivers what to do.
Light cycles
Traffic lights change their colors in the same order every time. In most English-speaking countries, traffic... |
43274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20signal | Railway signal | A railway signal or just signal is a mechanical or electrical machine that gives train drivers or engineers information about the line ahead. These traffic signals say whether the train must stop or may continue and what speed the train may go.
In Britain, modern signalling uses a system similar to road traffic lights... |
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