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Nature

  • EnergyA lightning strike transfers 500 megajoules of electric potential energy into light, sound, and thermal energy in a single moment.
  • NatureThe word nature traces its roots to the Latin term natura, which meant essential qualities or innate disposition. Ancient Greek philosophers used the word…
  • SpacePlato wrote the Timaeus in antiquity, asking whether space exists as a container or merely as a relationship between things.
  • EarthThe Modern English word Earth developed from an Old English noun most often spelled ertha. This term has cognates in every Germanic language, tracing back to…