Madagascar’s extinct elephant birds — the largest birds ever to have lived — have captured the public’s interest …
history
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Archaeology
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Traditions
Where Did the New Year’s Resolution Come From? Well, We’ve Been Making Them for 4,000 Years
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAs we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures is the setting of new …
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When prehistoric people re-sharpened cutting tools 300,000 years ago, they dropped tiny chips of flint — which today …
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The most important subjects children can learn aren’t graded. Those lessons are in strong character and moral values, …
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Archaeology
Beads Show European Trade in African Interior Used Indigenous Routes
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesTiny glass beads discovered in mountain caves about 25 miles from the shores of Lake Malawi in eastern-central …
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Technology
The Higgs Boson and the Rise of the Standard Model of Particle Physics in the 1970s
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAt the dawn of the 1970s, the idea of a massive scalar boson as the keystone of a …
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Throughout history’s development, Eastern and Western cultures have been pretty distinct in their languages and belief systems, but …
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Geochemists have found evidence that life on Earth could have started 300 million years earlier than previously thought. …
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Environment
‘MRI’ Scan Reveals Spectacular Ice Age Landscapes Beneath the North Sea
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesSpectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology. Similar to …
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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” …