Hulick, Kathryn

"This field guide highlights 100 objects that can be seen in the night sky. Readers will gain a greater understanding about how to spot these things, including constellations and objects in our solar system"--OCLC.

Explores ten of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, including a UFO encounter, the search for the lost city of Atlantis, a haunted house, and more, while using the scientific method and critical thinking to separate fact from fiction and explain the unexplainable.

What do a carrot and a kangaroo have in common? They're made of matter, just like everything else in the universe! Discover how we measure matter and how it changes, mixes, and reacts. These reactions make life possible.

Protecting Financial Data examines how people can become targets for cybercriminals, the dangers of identity theft, and how people can protect their financial data from attacks. Features include worksheets, key takeaways, a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Today, robots are hard at work in hospitals around the world. Some simply help comfort patients or dispense medicine, while others are helping surgeons with complex operations. Medical Robots introduces readers to examples of these robots, the challenges faced by their designers, and the advances that are on the horizon.

"Citizen science has opened up the world of scientific research to anybody and everybody. It is being done in all areas of scienceincluding zoology, biology, astronomy, chemistry, and more. Some projects involve going outside and observing nature while others revolve around data obtained and shared over the internet. And whether one has scientific training or not, the contributions being made by citizen scientists are making a difference"--Amazon.

Fake news is a story that seems like real news but involves misleading, deceptive, or false information. And no matter the motive behind its creation and circulation, it is clearly a problem. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format supported by relevant facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines issues related to fake news.

"Today, people and businesses keep almost all their important data online, and it is the job of cybersecurity experts to make sure that information never falls into the wrong hands. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at jobs ranging from cybersecurity engineers to incident handlers to white hat hackers"--Provided by the publisher.

Examines the economic aspects of a video game, looking at costs for development, production, promotion, and distribution.

See how food, family, and dining have helped cement the bonds between immigrants and their homelands, and how those traditions have had an impact on new places.