Britannica's Reflections on Glory: A Look Back at the Summer Games

The modern Olympic Summer Games are among the world's largest and most-watched sporting events. Every four years athletes from across the globe gather for weeks of intense competition for the glory of a prestigious Olympic gold medal, resulting in exciting triumphs and gut-wrenching failures that live on for years in the hearts and minds of both die-hard sports fans and casual observers. The drama of athletic competition at the highest level continues to captivate billions of people around the world.

Britannica's Reflections on Glory presents the history of the festival, biographies of Olympic icons, and descriptions of the current Olympic sports through articles, photographs, maps, and interactive features.

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www.school.eb.com/olympics/reflections

Science Online - New Pollution Content

The latest update to Science Online adds more than 600 new essays and definitions on the topic of pollution, more than 30 new photographs, and more than 250 new color illustrations on a wide variety of science topics. 

New to the Science Online database are more than 600 essays and definitions dealing with the study of pollution, including the different types of pollutants, uses, adverse health effects, and environmental regulations from governmental agencies.

New entries include: Hudson River PCB pollution, Pollution and agriculture, Sewage treatment plants.                                    

To give users a more complete look at the issue of pollution in our world, more than 30 new photographs related to the topic have been added to the database with this latest update. From the burning of the oil tanker Burmah Agate to the cleansing effects of a forest fire, each of the events photographed depicts a type of pollution.

New photographs include: Burmah Agate, Endeavour liftoff, Forest fire.

Science Online's latest update adds more than 250 new color illustrations on such topics as light, sound, and gravity; radioactivity; quantum theory; planetary motion and the universe; cell theory; the genetic code; natural selection and evolution; and much more. These illustrations can be effective tools for learners who have trouble grasping science concepts solely through text.

New illustrations include: How a Compass Works with Earth's Poles, Inflationary Theory, Radiation Exposure Path.