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Ethiopia, landlocked country on the Horn of Africa, the largest and most populous country in that region. It lies completely within the tropical latitudes. The capital is Addis Ababa (‘New Flower’), located almost at the center of the country.
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Moonrat, (Echinosorex gymnura), a large Southeast Asian insectivore that is essentially a primitive tropical hedgehog with a long tail and fur instead of spines. Despite their name, moonrats are not rodents, although they have a slim body, small unpigmented ears, small eyes, and a tapered muzzle
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Neptunium (Np), radioactive chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table that was the first transuranium element to be artificially produced, atomic number 93. Though traces of neptunium have subsequently been found in nature, where it is not primeval but produced by
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Although it was considered “unsinkable” by its builders and the general public, the British ocean liner Titanic of the White Star Line sank on her maiden voyage in 1912,…