mollusks

The “spade-footed” ones

If you ever find the shell of a scaphopod uh pahd) on a beach, you may think you’ve found the tusk of a tiny elephant! For that’s what the shells of most of these little creatures look like. The…

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How long, how fast, how hot, how heavy?

Minutes, seconds, and nanoseconds

> Atop a tower in the town square hung a big bell. At each side of the > bell was a large iron statue of a man. Each statue held a hammer in > its hands. > > Suddenly, one of the statues seemed to…

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Places to Know

THE PRICELESS JUNKYARD

What ever happened to the first tele­phone, the first horseless carriage, the first sewing machine, and the first tele­graph instrument? You may think, “Who cares, they would only be junk by now.”…

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