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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
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"How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem? On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5" nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? It took 130 years to find the answer. After experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a...
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A brief picture book following the exploits of British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington during the 1919 solar eclipse. Eddington, fascinated with Albert Einstein's then-new theory of general relativity, proved general relativity by photographing the solar eclipse and seeing how the light of stars behind the sun, visible in the shadow of the eclipse, bend around the sun's gravity.