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heavy-lift ships 151 illnesses 264–5, 325 kidneys 273 longevity 132–3
Helicoprion 105 incubation, eggs 239 Kigelia africana 53 Los Angeles 324–5
helicopters 143, 248 India 275, 319, 331, 337, 340 killers, animal 224, “Lucy” (fossil) 11
helium 305, 307, 312 Indonesia 50–51 226–7, 243 lungs 94, 95, 99, 273
Hindenburg airship 144–5 Indurain, Miguel 94 king cobra 115
hippopotamus 224–5 information technology kitesurfers 146 M
history 340–41 160–63 kiwi 126, 127 Macau Tower, China 35
hominids, early 11, 269 inland taipan snake 242–3 Kjeragbolten boulder 16–17 McIlroy, Rory 41
Honda CBR600F 230 insectivorous plants 53 Knock Nevis 148–9, 151 McMurdo Dry Valleys 193
honey 246–7 insects Kola Superdeep Borehole Madagascar
honey bees 239, 243, biggest 120–21, 250–51 172–3 geckos 62–3
246–7, 276–7 bites and stings 276–7 krill 109, 193 lemur 22, 68–9
Hoover Dam 254–5 eggs 238–9 Laika 210 plants 53
hormones 273 as food 337 lakes stone forest 22–3
horses 134–5 loudest 248–9 alkaline 24–5 tree of life 44–5
smallest 215 smallest 252–3 methane 76–7 magnetic fields 192
hot springs 14–15, 25 survival 280–81 sulfur 10–11 magnetic poles 192
hotels swarms (locusts) 220–21 land diving 34–5 magnetosphere 79
salt 183 International Space Station land vehicles, biggest Maho Beach 32–3
unusual 30 210–11 156–7 Malanoplus spretus 221
HTV-2 aircraft 143 Internet 292–3 laptops 158 Maldives 56–7, 193
humans inventions 288, 299 Le-May, Martin 71 malleefowl birds 233
bodies 258–73 Iran 341 leap second 193 mammals 275
body data 272–3 Iraq 340, 341 least weasel 71 mammatus clouds 86
bones 100–101 iron 175 leatherback turtles 141 Mandela, Nelson 331
breathing 98–9 Italy 66 legs, animals 281 mantle, Earth’s 172–3
diving 156, 218, 219 lemur 22, 68–9 mapping 294, 295
evolution 327 JKL Lenin, Vladimir 331 Mapusaurus 113
eyes 102, 258–9 Japan lens, eye 103 Marble Caves 21
heart and blood 94–7 cities 341 leopard 136, 137 Marie Antoinette 328–9
jumping 137, 196–7 hot springs 14 Library of Congress 161 marine snail 237
oldest 132 life expectancy 271 lichens 131 marlin, striped 140
running 134 snow festival 30–31 life expectancy 270, 271, Mars 198, 312
salt content 182 Tateyama Kurobe Alpine 279, 283, 325 mass (of planets) 200–201
swimming 141 Route 84–5 light 259, 278, 290, 298 materials 286–7, 327
teeth 104 Tokyo 271 in space 303, 306, 307 Mauna Kea 185
hummingbirds 124–5, waterfalls 327 lightning 188–9, 320–21 Mauna Loa 192
126, 235 jellyfish limestone 22 medicine
humpback whale 74 biggest 216–17 Lincoln, Abraham 331 penicillin 288–9
huntsman spiders 65 immortal 133 Lindsey Creek Tree 107 plant remedies 46, 51
hydrogen 305, 307, 312 in space 311 lion 105 surgical robots 297
Hydroptère hydrofoil venomous 226–7 lion’s mane jellyfish 216–17 vaccinations 298
trimaran 146–7 jerboa 136 liver 273 Megalodon 116–17
hyoid bone 100 Judean date palm seeds 130 living things Meganeuropsis permiana
ibex 66 jumping 136–7 biggest 106–7 250–51
ice 318, 321, 322 in space 196–7 see also algae; animals; Mekong River 90, 179
ice formations 82–3 Jupiter 78, 194, 197, 198, 312 bacteria; birds; fish; memory
see also glaciers moons 80 insects; plants; reptiles computer 162
ice hotel 30 size 200–201 Liwa Desert 36–7 fish 278–9
ice pancakes 83 kangaroos, red 137 locusts 220–21 and happiness 267
ice sheets 173 Kansas City Library 42 loggerhead turtle 219 hippocampus 271
iceberg, striped 82 Kantarat, Thailand 32 London, Olympic insects 280
Iceland 18–19, 178 Kepler-70b 199 Stadium 166 Mercury 196, 198, 312
ichthyosaurs 102 Khan, Genghis 331 Longaberger, Dave 42–3 mermaid’s purse 238

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