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“The Rock and the Sea” is an 1893 poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the poem, a rock is portrayed as intending to
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In many agricultural environments, the banks of streams are kept forested to protect water quality, but it’s been unclear what
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A new study reviewed observations of nearly 3,000 bird species to understand why tropical mountain bird species live at specific
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the monsoon season for both females and males. (Choice D) the hot-dry season for females and the monsoon season for males. D
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Daily Distance Traveled by Adult Mountain Lions in Three Seasons
Season Kilometers per day traveled by adult females Kilometers
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In 2022, researchers rediscovered ancient indigenous glyphs, or drawings, on the walls of a cave in Alabama. The cave’s
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Microbes that live in shallow lakes and ponds produce methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. Ecologist Ralf Aben and his team wanted
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The song "Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe—a funky, danceable tune with lyrics about finding balance and persevering through
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A researcher conducted an experiment inspired by studies suggesting that people may benefit from feeling frightened in certain
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Scent is tightly interwoven with our daily lives, often evoking significant memories and important social events. This
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
The painter Frida Kahlo is one of the most influential
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Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist who is blind, has developed software that can translate astrophysical data into sound. Such
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Archaeologist Dr. Sada Mire founded the Horn Heritage
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Yellowstone is a national park in the northwest United
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Novelist Willa Cather grew up in Nebraska and attended the
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Annie Wu is a prominent American flutist who graduated from
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Some members of the scientific community urge caution around the use of genetically modified (GM) crops, arguing that the
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Wanda Diaz-Merced, an astrophysicist who is blind, has developed software that can translate astrophysical data into sound. Such
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“O2 Arena,” an award-winning science fiction story by Nigerian author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, takes place in an
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Honeybees are known to be able to recognize shapes and figures, and recent studies have shown that honeybees can understand
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In 1959, the film industry debuted Smell-O-Vision. Theaters were fitted with specialized vents that emitted odors at specific
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Emperor Ashoka ruled the Maurya Empire in South Asia from roughly 270 to 232 BCE. He is known for enforcing a moral code called
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In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a leader of Umuofia (a fictional Nigerian clan) and takes pride in
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While one requires oxygen and one does ______ and anaerobic respiration are both forms of cellular respiration—that is, they
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The song "Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe—a funky, danceable tune with lyrics about finding balance and persevering through
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When particles are suspended in liquid (like pollen in a water glass), they will zigzag randomly through the liquid and collide
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The neurotoxic venom of the blue-ringed octopus, which is named for its distinctive blue markings, ______ it one of the
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In 1881, French chemist Camille Faure redesigned the rechargeable lead-acid battery. Faure’s design greatly increased the
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American poet Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on scraps of paper, but she also took steps to collect these works. From
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In 2013, paleontology professor Hesham Sallam and his
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Bioluminescence is the emission of light by living organisms.
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With darkness falling, a mother elephant loses sight of her calf and wants to make sure it is safe. ______ she releases an
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Arkansas aviator Louise Thaden was already a record breaker when she won the inaugural National Women’s Air Derby, a race from
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It has long been thought that humans first crossed a land bridge into the Americas approximately 13,000 years ago. ______ based
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Researchers believe that pieces of hull found off Oregon’s coast are from a Spanish cargo ship that was lost in 1697. Stories
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The number of dark spots that appear on the Sun, known as sunspots, can vary greatly. For example, there were about 180 sunspots
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In 1891, dancer and choreographer Loie Fuller first performed her celebrated Serpentine Dance, artfully twirling her long,
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Soursop is a popular fruit in Brazil, where it is eaten fresh or used in drinks and desserts. The fruit is high in antioxidants
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Which statements are true about polygons? Select three options.
All sides and all angles in a polygon are congruent. The sides of
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American sculptor Edmonia Lewis is best known for her sculptures that represent figures from history and mythology, such
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Jackie Ormes’s Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem (1937–38) was the first comic strip by a Black woman to appear in a widely
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A team led by Bernardo Strassburg has found that rewilding farmland (returning the land to its natural state) could help
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Many films from the early 1900s have been lost. These losses include several films by the first wave of Black women filmmakers.
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Dance choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to be ______ her creative process. For example,
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Public policy researcher Anthony Fowler studied the history of elections in Australia, a country that requires citizens to
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Dance choreographer Alvin Ailey’s deep admiration for jazz music can most clearly be felt in the rhythms and beats his
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Today the starchy root cassava is found in many dishes across West Africa, but its rise to popularity was slow. Portuguese
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Italian painters in the 1500s rarely depicted themselves in their work. Even more rare were self-portrait paintings that
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Crop rotation is a vital practice for sustainable agriculture. By rotating different crops in and out of a given field,
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Visual artist Gabriela Alemán states that the bold colors of comics, pop art, and Latinx culture have always fascinated her.
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US traffic signals didn’t always contain the familiar three lights (red, yellow, and green). Traffic lights only ______ red
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The following text is from the 1884 poem "Solitude" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you
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Researchers have found a nearly 164,000-year-old molar from a member of the archaic human species known as Denisovans in a cave
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The following text is from Holly Goldberg Sloan’s 2017 novel Short.
More than two years ago my parents bought a piano from some
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The following text is excerpted from The Red Badge of Courage, an 1895 novel by Stephen Crane. In the text, a young Civil War
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One aspect of in-person shopping that online shopping can’t replicate is the opportunity to touch a product before buying it.
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Copper had been mined in the US for thousands of years, but large-scale commercial mining of copper took off starting in the
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