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Zheng Gao of Shanghi, China, photographs the front pages of newspapers on display outside the Newseum in Washington, Wednesday, Nov., 9, 2016, the day after Donald Trump won the presidency. Credit: Susan Walsh/AP Images

What Happened on Election Night?

November 16, 2016 btwuser 0

One of the most surprising things about Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday night was that few people expected it: almost all of the polls leading […]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while she gives remarks on the explosion in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood onboard her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport, in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016,

Tightening Poll Numbers

September 22, 2016 btwuser 0

This week, over on the Election Central Web site we examine the narrowing poll numbers in the race to the White House between Donald Trump […]

School of Convict Tang and coral diversity in Hawaii. Claire Fackler, CINMS, NOAA. MHE World.

The Largest Protected Area on Earth

September 1, 2016 btwuser 0

There is a cluster of uninhabited islands and coral reefs located in the Pacific Ocean that collectively make up the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. This […]

Financial Planning. ©iStockphoto.com/CEFutcher. MHE Canada;MHE USA

Read My Lips* – Talking Taxes

April 15, 2016 btwuser 0

It’s that time of year again, when people scramble to get receipts and tax returns to accountants (or the numerically-savvy), and numbers and letter combinations […]

Morning Glory Pool hot spring in Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in United States. © Patrick Leitz/Getty Images/Flickr RF. MHE Canada;MHE USA.

Happy 100, National Parks!

March 25, 2016 btwuser 0

Last year, more than 305 million people visited a national park or monument across the U.S. Made up of a collective 84 million acres, they […]

Republican National Convention 2004. Jill Braaten/McGraw-Hill Education. MHE World

Is the Republican Party Headed for a Split?

March 10, 2016 btwuser 0

Political frustration is hardly new. Continually governing an “of the people, by the people, for the people” global superpower based on open-ended principles laid out […]

Election Central Keeps You Up to Date

March 2, 2016 btwuser 0

Last night was Super Tuesday. Eleven states held primaries and caucuses across the country. Do you know what happened? The best way to stay up-to-date? […]

Three members of a racially mixed group of college student "freedom riders" catch a nap on May 20, 1961 in the Birmingham bus station after they were thwarted several times in attempts to board busses to Montgomery. Left to right are Susan Hermann, Etta Simpson and Frederick Leonard. All attend college in Nashville, Tenn. © Horace Cort/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=6105200114&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Oldest

Black History is American History

February 11, 2016 btwuser 0

For the first time in history, more than half of children born in America (according to the 2012 US Census Bureau) are minorities. As the […]

The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. In this photo from Jan. 9, 1986, the Challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. © NASA. MHE World.

Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

February 3, 2016 btwuser 0

On January 28, 1986, NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven who were on-board, including the first civilian into space. Amid the wave of […]

High angle full-length view of two Hispanic men standing on a platform and checking the water quality in a sewage treatment plant. ©Chris Sattlberger/Blend Images LLC. MHE World.

Trouble in Flint

January 28, 2016 btwuser 0

Nearly 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan (66 miles north of Detroit) are without safe drinking water and at risk of lead poisoning. The city’s water […]