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2025-04-05 18:25:13
2025-04-05 23:52:07
1910
Agarose gel electrophoresis
200px|thumb|right|Digital image of 3 plasmid restriction digests run on a 1% w/v agarose gel, 3 volt/cm, stained with ethidium bromide. The DNA size marker is a commercial 1 kbp ladder. The position of the wells and direction of DNA migration is noted. Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method of gel electrophoresis use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarose_gel_electrophoresis
2025-04-05T18:25:49.719295
1911
Allele
An allele; modern formation from Greek ἄλλος állos, "other"}} is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule. Alleles can differ at a single position through single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), but they can also have insertions and deletions of up to several thousa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele
2025-04-05T18:25:49.730500
1912
Ampicillin
| MedlinePlus = a685002 | DailyMedID = Ampicillin | pregnancy_AU = A | pregnancy_AU_comment | pregnancy_category | routes_of_administration By mouth, intravenous, intramuscular | class = Aminopenicillins | ATC_prefix = J01 | ATC_suffix = CA01 | ATC_supplemental = <!-- Legal status --> | legal_AU = S4 | legal_AU_comm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampicillin
2025-04-05T18:25:49.748917
1913
Annealing
Annealing may refer to: Annealing (biology), in genetics Annealing (glass), heating a piece of glass to remove stress Annealing (materials science), a heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material Quantum annealing, a method for solving combinatorial optimisation problems and ground states of glassy ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing
2025-04-05T18:25:49.750508
1914
Antimicrobial resistance
: Bacteria are streaked on dishes with white disks, each impregnated with a different antibiotic. Clear rings, such as those on the left, show that bacteria have not grown—indicating that these bacteria are not resistant. The bacteria on the right are fully resistant to three of seven and partially resistant to two of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_resistance
2025-04-05T18:25:49.864399
1915
Antigen
thumb|255px|An illustration that shows how antigens induce the immune system response by interacting with an antibody that matches the molecular structure of an antigen In immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule, moiety, foreign particulate matter, or an allergen, such as pollen, that can bind to a specific antibody...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen
2025-04-05T18:25:49.879126
1916
Autosome
An autosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. The members of an autosome pair in a diploid cell have the same morphology, unlike those in allosomal (sex chromosome) pairs, which may have different structures. The DNA in autosomes is collectively known as atDNA or auDNA. For example, humans have a diploid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autosome
2025-04-05T18:25:49.887109
1919
Antwerp (disambiguation)
Antwerp is the second largest city in Belgium and capital of the Antwerp province. Antwerp may also refer to: In Belgium Antwerp (district) Antwerp (province) In the United States Antwerp, Ohio Antwerp Township, Michigan Antwerp, New York Antwerp (village), New York In Australia Antwerp, Victoria Other Por...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:49.888920
1920
Aquila
Aquila may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Aquila, a series of books by S.P. Somtow Aquila, a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss Aquila (children's magazine), a UK-based children's magazine Aquila (journal), an ornithological journal Aquila (TV series), a BBC TV production for children based on the Norriss bo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila
2025-04-05T18:25:49.892749
1921
Al-Qaeda
| native_name_lang = ar | war | }} | image = Flag of Jihad.svg | caption = Flag used by various Al-Qaeda factions | founder = Osama bin Laden | leaders = <br />(1988–2011) * Ayman al-Zawahiri<br />(2011–2022) * Saif al-Adel<br />(de facto; 2022–present) }} | active = | allegiance (1995–present) | ideology | * Pan-Isl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda
2025-04-05T18:25:50.036028
1923
Alessandro Volta
<!--Galvani and "Early battery" sections need more citations--> | image = Alessandro Volta.jpeg | birth_name = Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta | birth_date | birth_place = Como, Duchy of Milan | death_date | death_place = Como, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire | known_for = | spouse = | chi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta
2025-04-05T18:25:50.051743
1924
Argo Navis
– | dec = – | areatotal = 1667 | arearank | numbermainstars 32 | numberbfstars = 178 | numberstarsplanets = 24 | numberbrightstars = 12 | numbernearbystars = 7 | brighteststarname = Canopus (α Arg) | starmagnitude = −0.74 | neareststarname | stardistance | numbermessierobjects = 3 | meteorshowers = | bordering = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_Navis
2025-04-05T18:25:50.060918
1925
Andromeda (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; or ) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda) is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia as divine punishment. Queen Cassiopeia understands t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)
2025-04-05T18:25:50.143316
1926
Antlia
, genitive | symbolism the Air Pump | RA – | dec– | stardistancely = 13.17 | stardistancepc = 4.04 | numbermessierobjects = 0 | meteorshowers = None | bordering = Hydra<br />Pyxis<br />Vela<br />Centaurus | latmax = 45 | latmin = 90 | month = April | notes=}} Antlia (; from Ancient Greek ἀντλία) is a constellation in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlia
2025-04-05T18:25:50.164085
1927
Ara (constellation)
| genitive Arae | pronounce , genitive | symbolism the Altar | RA – | dec– it had been recorded by Aratus in 270 BC as lying close to the horizon, and the Almagest portrays stars as far south as Gamma Arae. Professor Bradley Schaefer proposes such Ancients must have been able to see as far south as Zeta Arae, for a pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_(constellation)
2025-04-05T18:25:50.183109
1928
Auriga (disambiguation)
Auriga is a constellation. Auriga or AURIGA may also refer to: Auriga (slave), a Roman charioteer HMS Auriga (P419), a British submarine launched in 1945 Auriga of Delphi, name of the statue Charioteer of Delphi USM Auriga, a fictional spaceship in the film Alien Resurrection Auriga, a fictional planet in the En...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:50.184692
1930
Arkansas
Land of Opportunity (former) | motto = Regnat populus (Latin: The People Rule) | anthem = "Arkansas", "Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Oh, Arkansas", and "The Arkansas Traveler" | Former = Arkansas Territory | seat = Little Rock | OfficialLang English | population_demonym = ArkansanArkansawyerArkanite | LargestCity = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas
2025-04-05T18:25:50.290094
1931
Atmosphere (disambiguation)
An atmosphere is a gas layer around a celestial body. Atmosphere may also refer to: Science Atmosphere (unit), a unit of pressure Atmosphere of Earth Extraterrestrial atmospheres Stellar atmosphere Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups Atmosphere (music group), an American hip-hop duo from Minnesota Atmo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:50.294325
1933
Apus
, genitive | symbolism The Bird-of-Paradise | dec to <!-- cites previous 2 sentences --> De Houtman included it in his southern star catalogue in 1603 under the Dutch name De Paradijs Voghel, "The Bird of Paradise", and Plancius called the constellation Paradysvogel Apis Indica; the first word is Dutch for "bird of pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apus
2025-04-05T18:25:50.310399
1934
Abadan, Iran
Abadan|the administrative division of Khuzestan province|Abadan County}} |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = | image_caption | image_seal | seal_alt | image_shield | shield_alt | nickname | motto | image_map | mapsize | map_caption | mapsize1 | map_caption1 | pushpin_map = Iran#Persian Gulf | pushpin_l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan,_Iran
2025-04-05T18:25:50.337808
1935
Attorney
Attorney may refer to: Lawyer Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions Attorney, one who has power of attorney The Attorney, a 2013 South Korean film See also Attorney general, the principal legal officer of (or advisor to) a government Attorney's fee, compensation for legal services Attorney–client privileg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney
2025-04-05T18:25:50.339480
1937
Alexander Fleming
| image = Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468.jpg | caption = Fleming in his laboratory, | birth_date | birth_place = Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland | death_date | death_place = London, England | resting_place = St Paul's Cathedral | spouses = * }} | field = | alma_mater = | work_institutions = St Mary's Hospi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming
2025-04-05T18:25:50.375609
1938
Andrew Carnegie
| birth_date = | birth_place = Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S. | resting_place = Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. | occupation = Industrialist, philanthropist | known_for = Founding and leading the Carnegie Steel Company Founding the Carnegie ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
2025-04-05T18:25:50.442434
1939
Approximant
Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow. Therefore, approximants fall between fricatives, which do produce a turbulent airstream, and vowels, which produce no turbulence. This class is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant
2025-04-05T18:25:50.540987
1940
Astronomer Royal
thumb|220px|John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal, by Thomas Gibson. Royal Society, London. Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the astronomer royal for Scotland dating...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer_Royal
2025-04-05T18:25:50.558786
1941
Aeon
The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeless" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon
2025-04-05T18:25:50.569325
1942
Airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which they both offer and operate the same flight. Generally, airline companies...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline
2025-04-05T18:25:50.606930
1943
Australian Democrats
| abbreviation = AD | leader1_title = President | leader1_name = Lyn Allison | leader2_title = Vice Presidents | leader2_name = | leader3_title | leader3_name | leader4_title | leader4_name | leader5_title | leader5_name | founder Don Chipp | founded 9 May 1977 | registered 7 April 2019 | seats1_title = House of Repre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Democrats
2025-04-05T18:25:50.659533
1944
Australian Capital Territory
}} | image_map | map_caption Location of ACT in Australia<br /> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Australia | established_title = Transferred to Commonwealth | established_date = 1 January 1911 | established_title2 = Responsible government | established_date2 = 1988 | largest_city = Canberra | leader_t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory
2025-04-05T18:25:50.721815
1947
Aotus
Aotus (the name is derived from the Ancient Greek words for "earless" in both cases: the monkey is missing external ears, and the pea is missing earlike bracteoles) may refer to: Aotus (plant), one of the plant genera commonly known as golden peas in the family Fabaceae (bean family) Aotus (monkey), the genus of nigh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotus
2025-04-05T18:25:50.724605
1948
Ally McBeal
| creator = David E. Kelley | starring = | theme_music_composer = Vonda Shepard | opentheme = "Searchin' My Soul" | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 112 | list_episodes = List of Ally McBeal episodes | executive_producer = | producer = | cinematography = ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_McBeal
2025-04-05T18:25:50.748378
1949
Andreas Capellanus
Andreas Capellanus (Capellanus meaning "chaplain"), also known as Andrew the Chaplain ( 1185}}), and occasionally by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain, was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as De amore ("About Love"), and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Capellanus
2025-04-05T18:25:50.751075
1950
American Civil Liberties Union
| name = American Civil Liberties Union | membership 1.7million (2024) | region_served = United States | num_staff = 500 staff attorneys | num_volunteers = Several thousand attorneys | website = }} The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affili...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union
2025-04-05T18:25:50.840380
1955
Adobe Inc.
|Nasdaq-100 component|S&P 100 component|S&P 500 component}} | industry = Software | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | products = | services = SaaS | revenue | revenue_year = 2024 | operating_income = | income_year = 2024 | net_income = | net_income_year = 2024 | assets = | assets_year = 2024 | equity = | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc.
2025-04-05T18:25:50.883683
1957
Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique, named after its developer Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), is an alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture causes a range of health problems. to address his own voice loss during public speaking. Proponents and teachers of the Alexander Technique believe the technique ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique
2025-04-05T18:25:50.893935
1960
Andrea Alciato
| birth_place = Alzate Brianza, Duchy of Milan | death_date | death_place = Pavia, Duchy of Milan | death_cause | nationality Italian | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names | occupation Jurist, university teacher, lawyer, writer | period | known_for | title | boards | spouse | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Alciato
2025-04-05T18:25:50.899275
1962
Apparent magnitude
and two stars in the constellation Aquarius, with their magnitudes labeled]] Apparent magnitude () is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance, and any extinction of the object's light c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude
2025-04-05T18:25:50.982237
1963
Absolute magnitude
In astronomy, absolute magnitude () is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale; the more luminous (intrinsically bright) an object, the lower its magnitude number. An object's absolute magnitude is defined to be equal to the apparent magnitude that the ob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_magnitude
2025-04-05T18:25:51.017090
1965
Apollo 1
| landing_mass = <!--Mass after landing (recovered spacecraft only)--> | dimensions = <!--body dimensions and solar array span--> <!--Launch details--> | launch_date = February 21, 1967 (planned) | launch_rocket = Saturn IB AS-204 | launch_site = Cape Kennedy LC-34 | launch_contractor = <!--organisation(s) that conduct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
2025-04-05T18:25:51.081194
1966
Apollo 10
| SATCAT = | mission_duration = 8 days, 3 minutes, 23 seconds | spacecraft = | manufacturer = | launch_mass 42,775 kg | landing_mass | launch_date UTC | launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-505 | launch_site = Kennedy LC-39B | landing_date UTC | landing_site | recovery_by = | orbit_epoch | orbit_reference Selenocentric | ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10
2025-04-05T18:25:51.116991
1967
Apollo 12
| LM: 1969-099C }} | SATCAT = | LM: 4226 }} | mission_duration 10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes, 24 seconds | spacecraft = | manufacturer = | launch_mass | landing_mass | launch_date UTC (11:22 am EST) | launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-507 | launch_site = Kennedy, LC-39A | landing_date UTC (10:58:24 am HST) | landin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12
2025-04-05T18:25:51.144885
1968
Apollo 14
|LM: 1971-008C }} | SATCAT = | mission_duration = 9 days, 1 minute, 58 seconds | spacecraft = | manufacturer = CSM: North American Rockwell<br />LM: Grumman | launch_mass = | landing_mass = | launch_date UTC | launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-509 | launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A | landing_date UTC | landing_site South P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14
2025-04-05T18:25:51.178495
1969
Apollo 15
}} | SATCAT = | launch_mass |departure_date August 2, 1971, 17:11:23 UTC |sample_mass |surface_EVAs = 4 (including standup) |surface_EVA_time = | instruments = <!-- a list of instruments on the satellite --> | docking = 7 despite the partial opening of one of its three parachutes. The mission accomplished its ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15
2025-04-05T18:25:51.242959
1970
Apollo 16
| operator = NASA | COSPAR_ID = |LM: 1972-031C }} | SATCAT = |LM: 6005 }} | mission_duration 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes, 5 seconds | spacecraft = |Apollo LM-11 }} | manufacturer = |LM: Grumman }} | launch_mass | landing_mass | launch_date UTC | launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-511 | launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16
2025-04-05T18:25:51.289236
1971
Apollo 17
|LM: }} | SATCAT = | mission_duration = 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds | spacecraft = | manufacturer = |LM: Grumman }} | launch_mass | landing_mass | launch_date UTC (12:33amEST) | landing_site South Pacific Ocean (}}) | recovery_by = | interplanetary = |surface_EVAs = 3 |surface_EVA_time = 1st: 7...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17
2025-04-05T18:25:51.357903
1973
American Revolution
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies in what was then British America. The revolution culminated in the American Revolutionary War, which was launched on April 19, 1775, in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Leaders of the American Revolution were col...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
2025-04-05T18:25:51.445690
1974
April 17
Events Pre-1600 *1080 &ndash; Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 &ndash; The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II. *1362 &ndash; Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_17
2025-04-05T18:25:51.487899
1975
Alan Ayckbourn
| name = Alan Ayckbourn | image = Sir Alan Ayckbourn P4220001.JPG | caption = Ayckbourn in 2010 | pseudonym | birth_date | birth_place = Hampstead, London, England | occupation = Playwright, director | period = 1959–present | genre | subject | movement | website }} Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn
2025-04-05T18:25:51.553872
1979
Alpha Centauri
a Centauri|HD 100673A Centauri|Centaurus A}} }} system, but for practical and historical reasons it is described in detail in its own article. }} }} ), circled in red. The bright star to the right is Beta Centauri. |style=font-size: 1em; padding: 4px 0;}} <!-- Please do not change. The two bright stars are Alpha and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
2025-04-05T18:25:51.978277
1980
Amiga
<!-- This block is marked as red links cleanup --> )</small> | type = Personal computers<br/>Game console (CD32) | generation | releasedate | lifespan | discontinued 1996 | unitssold 4.91 million | unitsshipped | media | os = AmigaOS on Kickstart | power | soc | storage | display | graphics | sound | input | contr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga
2025-04-05T18:25:52.057995
1985
Absorption
Absorption may refer to: Chemistry and biology Absorption (biology), digestion Absorption (small intestine) Absorption (chemistry), diffusion of particles of gas or liquid into liquid or solid materials Absorption (skin), a route by which substances enter the body through the skin Absorption (pharmacology), absorption...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption
2025-04-05T18:25:52.112894
1988
Abel Tasman
17th century | birth_date = | birth_place = Lutjegast, Dutch Republic | death_date | death_place = Batavia, Dutch East Indies | occupation = | spouse | children = Claesjen Tasman (daughter) }} Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 160310 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 164...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Tasman
2025-04-05T18:25:52.171385
1990
August 5
Events Pre-1600 *AD 25 &ndash; Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. *70 &ndash; Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished. * 642 &ndash; Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5
2025-04-05T18:25:52.345184
1994
ASP
ASP may refer to: Combat ASP pistol ASP, Inc., law enforcement weapon manufacturer A type of extending baton Ammunition Supply Point, military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives Computing Active Server Pages, a web-scripting interface by Microsoft ASP.NET, a web-application framework by Microso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP
2025-04-05T18:25:52.394462
1997
Algebraic geometry
is an algebraic surface of degree five. The picture represents a portion of its real locus.]] Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zeros of multivariate polynomials; the modern app...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_geometry
2025-04-05T18:25:52.464701
1998
Austin, Texas
| image_flag = Flag of Austin, Texas.svg | flag_size = 135px | image_seal = Seal of Austin, TX.svg | seal_size = 100px | image_blank_emblem = Coat of arms of Austin, Texas.svg | blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms | blank_emblem_size = 65 | blank_emblem_alt | blank_emblem_link List of U.S. county and city insignia | nickn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas
2025-04-05T18:25:52.639907
2003
Argument from morality
The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity or moral order. Arguments from moral normativity observe some aspect of morality and argue that God is the best or only explanation for this, concluding that God must exist. Arguments from m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_morality
2025-04-05T18:25:52.680978
2004
ASL (disambiguation)
ASL is a common initialism for American Sign Language, the sign language of the United States and Canada (not be confused with Auslan, also called ASL or Asilulu language which has the ISO code ASL), and may also refer to: Culture Sport American Soccer League (disambiguation) Australia's Surfing Life, surf maga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASL_(disambiguation)
2025-04-05T18:25:52.701660
2006
Auschwitz concentration camp
| caption Top: Gate to Auschwitz I with its sign ("work sets you free")Bottom: Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse. The train track, in operation from May to October 1944, led toward the gas chambers. | known for = The Holocaust | location = German-occupied Poland | coordinates | built by = IG Farben | operated by = Nazi ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp
2025-04-05T18:25:52.844853
2007
Archery
thumb|Archery competition in June 1983 at Mönchengladbach, West Germany thumb|A Rikbaktsa archer competes at Brazil's Indigenous Games thumb|upright|Tibetan archer, 1938 thumb|Master Heon Kim demonstrating Gungdo, traditional Korean archery (Kuk Kung), 2009 thumb|Archers in East Timor thumb|Japanese archers thumb|Arche...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery
2025-04-05T18:25:52.931218
2009
Alvar Aalto
| birth_place = Kuortane, Grand Duchy of Finland | death_date | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | parents | spouse * }} | children = 2 | practice | significant_buildings Paimio Sanatorium<br />Säynätsalo Town Hall<br />Viipuri Library<br />Villa Mairea<br />Baker House<br />Finlandia Hall | significant_projects = He...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvar_Aalto
2025-04-05T18:25:52.995578
2011
Comparison of American and British English
The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the English, beginning in the late 16th century. The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and settlement and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included 470–570 million people, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English
2025-04-05T18:25:53.169043
2014
Atomic semantics
Atomic semantics is a type of guarantee provided by a data register shared by several processors in a parallel machine or in a network of computers working together. Atomic semantics are very strong. An atomic register provides strong guarantees even when there is concurrency and failures. A read/write register R stor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_semantics
2025-04-05T18:25:53.176255
2015
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
thumb|320px| thumb|320px| Animation of the thermohaline circulation. The later part of this animation shows the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current
2025-04-05T18:25:53.221494
2017
Arbor Day
Arbor Day (or Arbour Day in some countries) is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season. Origins and history at the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day
2025-04-05T18:25:53.248530
2018
A. J. Ayer
| image = Alfred Jules Ayer.png | birth_name = Alfred Jules Ayer | birth_date | birth_place = St. John's Wood, London, England | death_date | death_place = London, England | alma_mater = Christ Church, Oxford | awards = Knight Bachelor (1970) | era = 20th-century philosophy | region = Western philosophy | school_trad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Ayer
2025-04-05T18:25:53.285884
2019
André Weil
| birth_place = Paris, France | death_date | death_place = Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = | education = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = * * * * * }} | known_for = | prizes = ; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Weil
2025-04-05T18:25:53.309115
2020
Achaeans (Homer)
The Achaeans or Akhaians (; , "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used to refer to the Greeks collectively. The term "Achaean" is believed to be related to the Hittite term Ahhiyawa and the Egyptian term Ekwesh which appear in texts from the Late Bronze Age and are believed to refer to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(Homer)
2025-04-05T18:25:53.352694
2021
Atle Selberg
| birth_place = Langesund, Norway | death_date | death_place = Princeton, New Jersey, United States | residence | nationality Norwegian | field = Mathematics | workplaces = {{Plainlist| *Syracuse University *Institute for Advanced Study This challenged the widely held view of his time that certain theorems are only ob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atle_Selberg
2025-04-05T18:25:53.388306
2023
Aeschylus
30 BC, based on an earlier bronze Greek herma, dating to around 340-320 BC | native_name = }} | native_name_lang = Greek | birth_date = /524 BC | birth_place = Eleusis | death_date = (aged approximately 67) | death_place = Gela, Sicily | occupation = Playwright and soldier | children = | parents = Euphorion (father) |...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
2025-04-05T18:25:53.437621
2024
Amber Road
The Amber Road was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Prehistoric trade routes between Northern and Southern Europe were defined by the amber trade. As an important commodity, sometimes dubbed "the gold of the north", amber ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Road
2025-04-05T18:25:53.450469
2025
Crandall University
| administrative_staff 39 | president = Bruce G. Fawcett | rector | chancellor Donald Simmonds | vice_chancellor | dean | campus = Urban | colors | colours Blue and Gold | mascot = Charlie the Charger | free_label = Sports teams | free = Chargers | affiliations = Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches <br /> Acadia D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandall_University
2025-04-05T18:25:53.472972
2027
Andrew Wiles
| image = Andrew wiles1-3.jpg | caption = Wiles in 2005 | birth_date | birth_place = Cambridge, England | nationality = British | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = | education = King's College School, Cambridge<br/>The Leys School | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor John Coates * Vinayak Vatsal}} | thesis_titl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wiles
2025-04-05T18:25:53.493738
2028
Ambient
Ambient or ambiance or ambience may refer to: Arts and entertainment Ambiancé, an unreleased experimental film Ambient (novel), a novel by Jack Womack Music and sound Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient
2025-04-05T18:25:53.520611
2029
Anne Brontë
| pseudonym = Acton Bell | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place = Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date | death_place = Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | resting_place = St. Mary's Churchyard, Scarborough | occupation = Poet, novelist, governess | citizenship | education | alma_ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Brontë
2025-04-05T18:25:53.546386
2030
Augustine of Hippo
| image= Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg | caption= Saint Augustin by Philippe de Champaigne, | imagesize = 230 | venerated_in= All Christian denominations which venerate saints | beatified_date | beatified_place | beatified_by | canonized_date Pre-Congregation | canonized_place | canonized_by | major_sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
2025-04-05T18:25:53.676803
2032
Acting
right|thumb|French stage and early film actress Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet thumb|Actors in samurai and rōnin costume at the Kyoto Eigamura film set Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that mak...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting
2025-04-05T18:25:53.715009
2037
Delian League
Delyan}} and the Persian Empire at the outset of the Peloponnesian War around 431 BC]] The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the leadership (hegemony) of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League
2025-04-05T18:25:53.745947
2038
August Horch
| birth_place = Winningen, Rhenish Prussia | death_date | death_place = Münchberg, Bavaria, West Germany | known_for = Founder of Audi and Horch }} August Horch (12 October 1868 &ndash; 3 February 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horch
2025-04-05T18:25:53.756252
2039
Avionics
]] with avionics laid out]] Avionics (a portmanteau of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to perform individual functions. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avionics
2025-04-05T18:25:53.785717
2041
Ares
Ares (; , Árēs ) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war but can also personify sheer brutality and bloodlust, in contrast to his sister Athena, whose martial...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares
2025-04-05T18:25:53.868335
2042
Alexander Grothendieck
| birth_place = Berlin, Prussia, Germany | death_date }} | death_place = Saint-Lizier, Ariège, France | nationality |Stateless (post 1945 until 1971)}} | workplaces |University of São Paulo}} | alma_mater | thesis_title = Produits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires | thesis_url = https://webusers.imj-prg.fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck
2025-04-05T18:25:53.930276
2047
Alcoholics Anonymous
| founders = Bill Wilson<br />Dr. Bob Smith | founding_location = Akron, Ohio | extinction <!-- or: | dissolved --> <!--e.g. use --> | merger = <!-- Other organizations (if any) merged to constitute the organization --> | type = Mutual aid addiction recovery twelve-step program | status = <!-- Organization's legal stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
2025-04-05T18:25:54.044907
2049
Alpha compositing
image with an alpha channel that falls off to zero at its base, where it is blended with the background color.]] In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. It is often useful to render pictu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing
2025-04-05T18:25:54.065887
2052
Array (data structure)
In computer science, an array is a data structure consisting of a collection of elements (values or variables), of same memory size, each identified by at least one array index or key, a collection of which may be a tuple, known as an index tuple. An array is stored such that the position (memory address) of each eleme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_(data_structure)
2025-04-05T18:25:54.099424
2053
Advance Australia Fair
April 1984) | composer = Peter Dodds McCormick | music_date = November 1878 | adopted = (as the national anthem) * (as one of three "national songs") * (readopted as the national anthem) }} | predecessor = | sound = Advance_Australia_Fair.ogg | sound_title = Royal Australian Navy Band instrumental version (one verse) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair
2025-04-05T18:25:54.122305
2061
Automatic number announcement circuit
An automatic number announcement circuit (ANAC) is a component of a central office of a telephone company that provides a service to installation and service technicians to determine the telephone number of a telephone line. The facility has a telephone number that may be called to listen to an automatic announcement t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_announcement_circuit
2025-04-05T18:25:54.129837
2062
Amerigo Vespucci
) at the British Museum in London, attributed to Crispijn van de Passe the Elder | birth_date = 9 March 1454 | birth_place = Florence, Republic of Florence | death_date | death_place = Seville, Crown of Castile | other_names = | known_for Demonstrating to Europeans that the New World was not Asia but a previously unk...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
2025-04-05T18:25:54.152070
2063
Aristide Maillol
| birth_place = Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France | death_date = | death_place = Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France | nationality | field Sculpture, painting | training = École des Beaux-Arts | movement | works | patrons | influenced by | influenced | awards }} Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (; December 8,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Maillol
2025-04-05T18:25:54.163429
2064
Antonio Canova
| death_place = Venice, Lombardy–Venetia | nationality = Republic of Venice (1757–1798)<br />Austria (territory ceded to Austria) (1798–1805)<br />Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814) <br /> Austrian Empire (1814–1822) | field = Sculpture | training | movement Neoclassicism | works = | patrons | influenced | awards | elected ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Canova
2025-04-05T18:25:54.204347
2065
Auguste Rodin
Rodin (film)}} | birth_place = Paris, Kingdom of France | death_date | death_place = Meudon, French Third Republic | field = Sculpture and drawing | training | influenced | awards = | works = ), 1877 |The Walking Man (), 1877–78 |The Burghers of Calais (), 1889 |The Kiss (), 1889 |The Thinker (), 1902}} | spouse...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin
2025-04-05T18:25:54.247491
2067
Ann Arbor, Michigan
| image_flag | image_seal Seal of Ann Arbor, Michigan.svg | image_map = | zoom = 11 | type = shape | marker = city | stroke-width = 2 | stroke-color = #0096FF | fill = #0096FF | id2 = Q485172 | type2 = shape-inverse | stroke-width2 = 2 | stroke-color2 = #5F5F5F | stroke-opacity2 = 0 | fill2 = #000000 | fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan
2025-04-05T18:25:54.311471
2070
Act of Settlement 1701
| type = Act | parliament = Parliament of England | long_title = An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject. | year = 1701 | citation = 12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2 | introduced_commons | introduced_lords | territorial_extent * (1701–1707) * (1701–1800; extend...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701
2025-04-05T18:25:54.356473
2075
Aircraft hijacking
exploding after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into it during the September 11 attacks. One of the most infamous aircraft hijackings.]] being held hostage by an armed hijacker in Beirut, Lebanon in 1985]] Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking
2025-04-05T18:25:54.410558
2076
Acropolis of Athens
|ID = 404 |Area = 3.04 ha |Buffer_zone = 116.71 ha |locmapin = Greece |map_caption = Location in Greece |Year=1987}} The Acropolis of Athens (; ) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens
2025-04-05T18:25:54.434602
2077
Adam Weishaupt
|birth_place = Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire |death_date |death_place = Gotha, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German Confederation |school_tradition = Empiricism |known_for = Founder of the Illuminati |main_interests = Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics |notable_ideas = }} Johann Adam Weishaupt (; 6 February 1748 – 18 Nov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt
2025-04-05T18:25:54.445886
2078
Acorn Electron
| Discontinued | Processor Synertek SY6502A @<br>2 MHz when accessing ROM<br>1 MHz when accessing RAM | Memory = 32 KB RAM, 32 KB ROM | Media = Cassette tape, floppy disk (optional), ROM cartridge (optional) | Graphics = Ferranti Semiconductor Custom ULA | Display = RF modulator, composite video, RGB monitor output, 16...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron
2025-04-05T18:25:54.537595
2080
A Fire Upon the Deep
A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
2025-04-05T18:25:54.561483
2082
Aeronautics
thumb|Space Shuttle Atlantis on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. While the term originally referred solely to operating the aircraf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautics
2025-04-05T18:25:54.585710
2083
Auguste and Louis Lumière
| alma_mater = La Martiniere Lyon | awards = Elliott Cresson Medal (1909) | resting_place = New Guillotière Cemetery | module | birth_place = Besançon, France | death_date | death_place = Lyon, France }} | header2 = Louis Lumière | birth_place = Besançon, France | death_date | death_place = Bandol, France }}...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumière
2025-04-05T18:25:54.599091