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31Binary star — For the hip hop group, see Binary Star (band). Hubble image of the …
32Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth — This article is about the near and very far future. For past civilizations, see Societal collapse. Contents 1 Types of risks 2 Future scenarios 2.1 …
33Nova — For other uses, see Nova (disambiguation). Artist s conception of a white dwarf star accreting hydrogen from a larger companion A nova (plural novae) is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion in a star caused by the accretion of hydrogen on to the… …
342007–2008 world food price crisis — The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic rises in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Systemic causes for the world wide increases in food… …
35Wisconsin — This article is about the U.S. state of Wisconsin. For the river, see Wisconsin River. For other uses, see Wisconsin (disambiguation). State of Wisconsin …
36History of the United States — The United States is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation s east coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west, and …
37Climate sensitivity — is a measure of how responsive the temperature of the climate system is to a change in the radiative forcing. It is usually expressed as the temperature change associated with a doubling of the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth s… …
38Serials crisis — The term serials crisis has become common shorthand for the runaway cost increases of many scholarly journals [ [http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/panitch michalak.html The term “serials crisis” has come to be common shorthand for the… …
39Helium flash — A helium flash is the runaway fusion of helium in the core of low mass stars of less than about 2.25 solar masses and greater than about 0.5 solar mass, or on the surface of an accreting white dwarf star. They may also occur in the outer layers… …
40Kuban Cossacks — ( ru. Кубанские кaзаки, Kubanskiye Kаzaki ) are Cossacks who live in the Kuban region of Russia. Although numerous Cossack groups came to inhabit the Western Northern Caucasus most of the Kuban Cossacks are descendants of the Black Sea Cossack… …
