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The 1903 Wright Flyer and Beyond

The 1903 Flyer was the first aircraft to make a successful, controllable, heavier-than-air flight. View the Flyer at different angles, the customized lightweight motor, and other related images for a complete picture of this breakthrough in aircraft…

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Cellular Mitosis

Mitosis is the series of visible changes that occur in the nucleus and chromosomes of non-gamete-producing plant and animal cells as they divide. This Image Gallery exhibit depicts these events using state-of-the art microscopy and digital image…

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Developing the Flyer

From the inspiration of a toy helicoptor to glider tests at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, view photographic documentation of the Wright Brothers' attempts at human flight and the stages toward a final successful aircraft. View launches and landings,…

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Mars Exploration by Land

NASA's twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity set down on the surface of Mars in January 2004. After meeting the 90-day goal, both rovers continued to dig, measure, observe, photograph, and explore the rough terrain. This Image Gallery showcases images…

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Mars Exploration by Orbit

The European Space Agency's (ESA) first mission to Mars, called Mars Express, was launched June 2, 2003 and entered an orbit around the planet by December 25. This Image Gallery exhibits a number of images of Mars captured by the High Resolution…

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Mountain Glaciers

Glaciers in cold mountain regions are key indicators of global climate change. This Image Gallery exhibits glaciers, their behavior, and influence on the surrounding environment. View mountain glaciers dramatically shaping our landscapes around the…

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Pioneers of Flight

Otto Lilienthal and Octave Chanute were the pioneers of flight who most influenced and inspired Orville and Wilbur Wright. Photographs of Lilienthal, a German engineer, depict his flying attempts in various gliders before his career was cut short in…

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Supernova Remnants

A supernova is the explosive death of a star. This Image Gallery exhibit shows optical, x-ray, and radio images of five famous supernova remnants of varying ages, from the extremely young (SN 1987A, at just over 15 years old) to the very old (Vela…

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Venomous Fishes

In 2006, evolutionary biologists at the American Museum of Natural History conducted a phylogenetic analysis of spiny-rayed teleost fishes. They discovered that at least a thousand more venomous fish species inhabit worldwide aqautic ecosystems—a…

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Wilbur Wright's letter to Octave Chanute

Wilbur Wright asks for help from the respected engineer, Octave Chanute, in May of 1900. View all five pages of this original handwritten letter, which provides remarkable insight into the approach the Wright Brothers were planning to take in…

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The four major lobes of the cerebral cortex, that is, the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, are responsible for different aspects of information processing. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

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Horizontal associative memory with a serious associative interference problem (who plays tennis—John, Peter, or both?) and no encoding of where each proposition begins and ends. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

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Vertical associative memory where concepts are grouped into phrases and propositions by associating each concept to a higher-order node that represents the entire group. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)

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An octopod swimming in the ocean. (Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Hapalochlaena maculosa, the Southern or lesser blue-ringed octopus, has vivid, small blue rings on its body and arms, highlighted with black outlines. Location: Mrs. Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (Credit: Clyde F. E.…

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Hapalochlaena fasciata, the blue-lined octopus, has vivid blue lines on its body and rings on its arms, highlighted with black outlines. Location: Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia. (Credit: Clyde F. E. Roper)

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Lateral view of a female Argonauta (family Argonautidae). (Copyright © McGraw Hill)

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Chiton on a rock surface. (Photo courtesy of the NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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Polyplacophoran mollusk (chiton): (a) dorsal view; (b) ventral view.

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The August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, as seen from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA at 2:25 p.m. EDT. (Credit: NASA)

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Circumstances of solar and lunar eclipses (not to scale).

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Diamond-ring effect at the beginning of totality during the solar eclipse of July 11, 2010, observed from Easter Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. (Credit: Jay M. Pasachoff/Science Faction, Muzhou Lu, and Craig Malamut, Williams College…

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