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BBC World Service – CrowdScience, How many fossils are there?
Have we already found the last T. rex? Or are there many more to be discovered? The odds of becoming a fossil are vanishingly small. And yet there seem to be an awful lot of them out there. In some … Continue reading
National Park Service Adds 16 New Underground Railroad Sites to Commemorative Network | The Smithsonian Magazine
Nora McGreevy The Commemorative at St. Mary’s College of Maryland honors the enslaved people who once lived and worked there. Bill Wood / NPS The recognitions honor the resistance and bravery of freedom seekers and their allies who risked their … Continue reading
Allusionist 152. Asperger — The Allusionist
Hans Asperger would have been merely “a footnote in the history of autism”, so why did he get to be the eponym in Asperger’s syndrome? Because along with the usual problems medical eponyms pose, and his work not really earning him … Continue reading
If You Don’t Know, Now You Know – Russian Oligarchs | The Daily Show
Europe and the U.S. respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by seizing the assets of Russia’s ultra-wealthy oligarchs, Trevor gives historical perspective, and Roy Wood Jr. weighs in.
Why 1/3rd of France is Almost Empty
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NASA’s Original Post-Apollo Plans Were INSANE | Answers With Joe
[…] In 1969, President Nixon created a commission to set the course for NASA’s Post-Apollo years. What they came up with was a bold, ambitious vision of the future. One with multiple space stations, moon bases, regular travel to and … Continue reading
How does an ancient Greek cup challenge anti-Black racism? | Aeon Essays
A shard of pottery from a North Ionian amphora, 560-540 BCE. Courtesy the Trustees of the British Museum, London In their memo ‘On the Abolition of the English Department’ from 1968, the lecturers Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (then known as James … Continue reading
Largest Ancient Roman Mosaic in 50 Years Unearthed in London | My Modern Met
By Jessica Stewart on February 23, 2022 “This is a once-in-a-lifetime find in London…When the first flashes of color started to emerge through the soil, everyone on site was very excited.” The ancient Roman Empire extended all the way to … Continue reading
Ukraine through the eyes of Vladimir Putin
At the centre of the greatest crisis Europe has faced since the Second World War is one man – President Vladimir Putin. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) In an impassioned address to the nation on Monday he set out in 7,500 rambling words … Continue reading