Circumference
The general definition of circumference is a line or external boundary of a closed curvilinear figure or object. The more common definition of circumference within mathematics is the mea...
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Newborns exposed to chemicals used to produce nonstick cookware, firefighting foam, paper products and other items weigh slightly less and have slightly smaller skulls, according to preliminary res...
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What's in an Internet domain name? Sixty-three characters max. The group managing the European .eu domain said Friday that six people last year registered the longest Internet addresses allowed, ra...
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The ill teenager who won a court fight to forgo chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments for his cancer needs more radiation to treat his condition, his mother said Friday.Starchild Abraham Che...
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State bear managers seeking to capture and collar female grizzly bears as part of a population count recently trapped a 7 foot, 6 inch male grizzly that weighed 750 pounds after a winter of hiberna...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
THE NEW SILK ROAD (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)
Over the past several years, institutes, programs and projects
have be...
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Dusseldorf (dpa) - A time-honoured chestnut tree in the Dusseldorf
district of Himmelgeist is about to become a busy pen pal.
On the occasion of "Tree Day" in German...
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The world's most ambitious particle collider _ which scientists hope could reveal what matter is made of _ might not be fully functional until next year, months after its scheduled startup date, of...
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A father-son team from this Sabine County town broke the state watermelon record three times in one summer, with melons adding up to a total weight of 677 pounds.
The really big buster, at...
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An arborist from North Carolina had to climb an eastern hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to confirm what had been estimated: The Laurel Branch Leviathan is the heftiest hemlock of...
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A proposed weight-loss drug that appears to raise the risk of suicidal thoughts shouldn't be taken by people who are depressed, its manufacturer told federal health advisers Wednesday as they consi...
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Circumference
Chemical exposure may lower birth weight
