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The latest update to Science Online includes more than 250 new or updated color illustrations, more than 25 new photographs, more than 300 biographies and essays, and more.

Hundreds of New Essays
This update adds more than 300 biographies and essays focusing on topics in Earth science, space science, and scientific exploration. Based on the NSES Content Standards [PDF 1 pg], this new content is the perfect complement to the material typically taught in high school and college science classes. Students can refer to this information for clear explanations of everything from ecology, oceans, sociobiology and conservation to geological and astrophysical phenomena--along with profiles of the people behind the development of these sciences.

New essays include North American geology, Stellar evolution and Black smoker chimneys.

Hundreds of New or Updated Color Illustrations
The more than 250 new or updated full-color illustrations--each with clear labels--enhance the already highly visual, accessible Science Online and help to clarify important science concepts. As with all the material in Science Online, the illustrations can be enlarged, saved, e-mailed or printed and feature dynamic citation information.

New illustrations include Aqueducts in California, Main Causes for Mass Extinctions and Separation of Electrical Charges in a Storm Cloud.

New Photographs
This update to Science Online adds more than 25 new full-color photographs, providing vivid, colorful images of core-curriculum science topics. Students can take an up-close look at the Lena delta in Russia, the Helix Planetary Nebula, and many other fascinating real-life examples of the science studied in class. Explanatory captions provide pertinent information about each photograph.

New photographs include Helix Planetary Nebula, Protalus Ramparts and San Andreas Fault.