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Welcome to Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com, the comprehensive online source of up-to-date, in-depth, and objective information on the most prominent and hotly-debated issues of the day.

Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com is a reference database, a classroom tool, and home-learning resource. It combines authoritative factual analysis with clear explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex topics.

Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com presents and enhances the full back file of Issues & Controversies On File, which has probed more than 600 controversial topics in the news since its debut in September 1995. Chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies, and contact information augment the balanced, accurate coverage of current and historical events. In addition, Issues and Controversies @ FACTS.com offers these special features:

• Full-text searching
• Full hyperlinking among all Issues & Controversies articles, giving access to the most recent information
• Links to related content from The Reference Suite @ FACTS.com: the World News Digest @ FACTS.com news database, the World Almanac Reference Database @ FACTS.com, and Today's Science @ FACTS.com
• Need a Research Topic? to help users searching for research topic ideas
• Contents listings: complete Articles A-Z and Subject Index
• Issues: Pro and Con menu, summarizing key issues at a glance
• Bill of Rights in Debate menu, with links to Issues & Controversies articles in which the first 10 amendments to the Constitution play a role in the debate
• By the Numbers statistical snapshots of key issues
• Groups to Contact for further research
• Interviews with Experts, plus detailed guidelines for conducting interviews
• A menu listing each Issues & Controversies special issue on the annual National High School Debate Topic since 1997
• Colorful Photos, Charts, and News Maps
• Editorial Cartoons & Questions to help users better understand, visually, what is going on in the world
• Newspaper Editorials and Source Documents, through links from articles and with independent menu access
• For Educators, suggested activities with templates for classroom use

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Welcome to Today's Science @ FACTS.com, a reference database, classroom tool, and home learning resource. Today's Science bridges the gap between textbooks and what's happening in science today. In a language and format designed specifically for students, it presents the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them. Drawing on major scientific journals, magazines, and newspapers in the United States and abroad, Today's Science covers all the topics that today's students study: health, the environment, technology, life science, physical science, earth and space science, and science and society.

Today's Science @ FACTS.com presents and enhances the full back file of Today's Science On File, a permanent record of the significant developments in science and technology published monthly since September 1992.

Among the additional features that Today's Science @ FACTS.com delivers are:

• Full-text searching
• Full hyperlinking among all Today's Science articles
• Links to related content from The Reference Suite @ FACTS.com: the World News Digest @ FACTS.com news database, Issues & Controversies @ FACTS.com, and the World Almanac Reference Database @ FACTS.com
• Instant menu access to Science in the Headlines stories and Hot Topics coverage
• Comprehensive Subject Index and automatic Glossary
• Need a Research Topic? to help users searching for research topic ideas
• Scientific Biographies with special listings by field, Nobel Laureate biographies, and women and black Americans in science
• Colorful Image Gallery
• Interactive Crossword Puzzles
• Editorial Cartoons to help users better understand, visually, what is going on in the world
• Overview Articles from the World Almanac Encyclopedia @ FACTS.com
• Top suggested Internet Sites
• Special content for Educators, including activities and menu access to articles that match specific National Science Education Standards

Articles in Today's Science @ FACTS.com are detailed yet concise, written in language students can understand but without oversimplifying. All articles contain background information to give a full perspective on the story, as well as suggestions for further research. Using the links to Overview Articles allows instant access to coverage of the most exciting and important areas of current research, from initial discoveries to the latest findings.