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- The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the...210 KB (21,076 words) - 13:02, 6 June 2024
- Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (/ˈeɪviːz/), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of...235 KB (23,450 words) - 12:05, 6 June 2024
- In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable...99 KB (11,479 words) - 12:24, 15 June 2024
- A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...115 KB (13,127 words) - 02:20, 14 June 2024
- Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in...132 KB (14,522 words) - 10:12, 18 June 2024
- Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues...150 KB (15,741 words) - 11:35, 19 June 2024
- Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly...106 KB (12,410 words) - 00:58, 30 May 2024
- A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially...84 KB (9,734 words) - 17:36, 1 June 2024
- Methylphenidate, sold under the brand names Ritalin (/ˈrɪtəlɪn/ RIT-ə-lin) and Concerta (/kənˈsɜːrtə/ kən-SUR-tə) among others, is a potent central nervous...138 KB (12,662 words) - 15:30, 17 June 2024
- An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs were originally...137 KB (12,676 words) - 19:27, 7 June 2024
- In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually...62 KB (6,946 words) - 11:13, 4 June 2024
- Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group...49 KB (4,529 words) - 08:44, 5 June 2024
- In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight...132 KB (9,643 words) - 12:39, 16 June 2024
- Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity...61 KB (5,416 words) - 13:30, 8 June 2024
- Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan...189 KB (12,607 words) - 06:11, 19 June 2024
- A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly...105 KB (12,388 words) - 09:52, 6 June 2024
- Yandex LLC (Russian: Яндекс, romanized: Yandeks, IPA: [ˈjandəks]) is a Russian multinational technology company providing Internet-related products and...88 KB (7,151 words) - 08:21, 15 June 2024
- Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first...123 KB (10,561 words) - 17:20, 19 June 2024
- Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is a leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is indigenous to tropical Africa and naturalized in Asia. The genus Tamarindus...33 KB (3,232 words) - 23:30, 24 May 2024
- A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices...57 KB (6,417 words) - 17:09, 9 June 2024