scientific notation

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The Sun with a group of sunspots, as observed by a spacecraft in 2014.

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bunch of numbers

Unusual Counting Systems

number zero, 0 balloon

Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

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Northern lights or Southern lights, also called Aurora Borealis. Luminous phenomenon of Earth's atmosphere. (magnetism; luminous atmospheric display)

What Causes the Northern and Southern Lights?

Christopher Columbus arriving in the New World, 1492. Columbus presents gifts to the first natives to greet him on his landing in America. Columbus set out to discover a westward route to Asia. (Native Americans, colonization of the Americas)

Columbus Day and Its Discontents

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Black widow spider

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait. Oil on canvas, 1887.

Rediscovered Artists: 6 Big Names That Time Almost Forgot

scientific notation: Media

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The Sun with a group of sunspots, as observed by a spacecraft in 2014.

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The Sun is so large that scientific notation is used to describe its qualities. For...

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