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DEFINITION: (noun) A place where an extensive variety of woody plants are cultivated for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes. SYNONYMS: botanical garden. USAGE: The botany class took a field trip to the arboretum to examine its extensive collection of rare plants.

Wiener was an American mathematician and educator who made significant contributions to a number of areas of mathematics, including harmonic analysis and Fourier transforms, but he is best known for his theory of cybernetics, the comparative study of control and communication in humans and machines. While serving as a professor of mathematics at MIT, Wiener developed a reputation for being extraordinarily absent-minded. What are some of the stories about him that support this characterization?

When Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of the Egyptian King Tutankhamun, they were the first people to do so in 3,000 years. The tomb was then the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. While team members were unwrapping the linens of King Tut's mummy, the skull of the ancient king fell away from the body and was dented. Later, the deaths of several of Carter's team members invited speculation about what ancient curse?

The Shalimar Gardens, which are included on UNESCO's World Heritage list, were built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, Pakistan, in the period 1641-1642. They are composed of three descending terraces laid out in the form of an oblong parallelogram, surrounded by a high brick wall, which is famous for its intricate fretwork. The terraces are elevated by 4-5 m (13-15 ft) above one another and contain a wide variety of trees, fountains, and buildings. What are the names of the terraces?

Scientists identified a gene in wild wheat that raises the grain's protein, zinc, and iron content, an achievement that could help bring more nutritious food to millions of people worldwide. The gene became nonfunctional for unknown reasons during humankind's domestication of wheat, and the researchers used conventional breeding methods to bring it into cultivated wheat varieties; they said the process does not change how wheat tastes.