Provides information on the world transportation, including electric planes, flying cars, the building of transport tunnels, high speed trains, and more.

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of War and the Military, including these breaking headlines: Science: Psychology Helps Wounded Warriors Technology: Exoskeletons Give Soldiers Strength Engineering: Are Force Fields the Future of Battlefields? Math: See How Math Builds Safer...

Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have never been more important. Just about every part of our lives is touched by one or more of those fields. In this book, check out many stories from the world of Forensics, including these breaking headlines: Science: Police Call in Anthropologists to ID Bodies Technology: Cracking the Xbox Code to Find Bad Guys Engineering: Crime ReconstructionEngineer Style! Math: Computer Algorithms Track Down...

When Athena's parents suddenly disappear, she calls on her friends on the Kid Squad to help figure out what happened--and uncovers the surprising connection between her parents, a biological weapon called the Age Bug, and their old enemy Dr. Alowishus Cobalt.

Theme: Hi-lo, nonfiction, weather Weather happens every day. Sometimes it is wild. Hurricanes, tsunamis, and tornadoes are just some of the wild weather events in the world that have taken many lives and destroyed cities. Engage your most struggling readers in grades 4-7 with Red Rhino Nonfiction! This new series features high-interest topics in every content area. Visually appealing full-color photographs and illustrations, fun facts, and short chapters...

Marijuana has been controversial for a long time. Some point out that marijuana is safer than other legal drugs and even has medical benefits for particular illnesses. Others worry about the drug's "gateway" potential and the potentially destructive effects of long-term use. As many U.S. states reconsider their pot legislation, this book provides the facts and dispels myths about that plant called marijuana. From caffeine and aspirin to heroin and...

Unless you grew it yourself, the food you eat has traveled to reach your dinner table, often from a farm to a factory to a store. And unfortunately, lots of things can go wrong along the way, affecting the quality of what you eat. This book investigates the journey from the farm to the fridge, and it provides information about what you can do to keep your food as safe as possible. The media is full of advice about what foods to eat and what to avoid....

This volume, Education, Poverty, and Inequality, explores economic hardship in the aftermath of World War II, the challenges facing newly independent nations in terms of poverty, inequality, and development, and how the major powers in the Cold War approached social welfare policy. It also examines how the nations of the developing world have grown in strength even as they have struggled with nagging development issues. The United Nations, including...

Sometimes it seems that the sports pages are filled with the stories of superstar athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs. But in fact, most users of these substances are just regular folks trying to improve their workouts or lift more weights at the gym. Unfortunately, these drugs are serious business and can be extremely dangerous. This book looks at the types of performance-enhancing drugs that exist and the problems that follow their use...

This volume, Migration and Refugees, explores the movements of people since World War II-beginning with the huge flux of humanity following the war, up to the massive migrations of people out of the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan today. It examines the ways economic hardship and political strife have caused people-over the last seven decades-to look for homes in new lands. And it also covers how environmental concerns and natural disasters...