this would be the country’s biggest win against Russia along the Eastern Front. The battle begins with Russian armies attacking German troops in German East Prussia (now Poland) from the south and the east, which, at first, works. But after...
Pangaea was likely split by the simultaneous impact of two large asteroids: one tore through the region between what is now South America and Antarctica, coming to rest over 1000 miles to the east, while the other's remnants are found southeast of the Yucatan Peninsula and north of Columbia ...
During the 1990s, South Africa underwent major social and political change. The country’s 1996 post-apartheid constitution was the first in the world to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation; yet, today, the LGBTQIA+ community continues to experience widespread violence and persecution. ...
Important unanswered questions remain on the impact of international sporting events on the sex industry. Speculation about increased demand and supply of sex work often generates significant attention, but also additional funding for HIV programmes. This study assessed whether changes occurred in the dem...
Table TennisTable Tennis World ChampionshipsConsists of five events:, men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. All are hosted in odd numbered years. TennisWimbledonpart of theGrand Slam US Openpart of theGrand Slam ...
Now today we're going to be talking about some of the major events in the geological theater. This is the second of three ways that we're looking at the history of life. The first was rather abstract; it had to do with major transitions and with reorganization of genetic information, un...
From the Battle of Dunkirk to the Siege of Leningrad, these 30 major World War II battles and ops forever cemented the conflict as the bloodiest in history.
The AP World History Regions Map divides the world into the five geographic regions listed in the second grouping above: Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The primary reason for doing this is to understand the history of the world. Historical events in these various regions tend...
Since 2001, Africa has witnessed over 1,800 public health events, demonstrating the continent’s vulnerability to infectious diseases [35, 36]. In the context of infectious disease outbreaks, international organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the WHO have ...
Both of these alerting events may signal danger, since most predators rely on surprise, and surprise depends on speed of attack. The exact nature of the response will depend on many details of context, the subject’s history, and on the stimulus itself. The last of these may vary widely ...