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Try This at Home: The Stroop Test We have trained our brains to read and interpret words as soon as we see them. Even when we have another task - saying the color of ink of a word - it is hard to make that our brain's first priority. What You Need - White index cards - Crayons or markers What To Do Write the name of a ...
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, July 20, 1969. Scientists are… (Associated Press ) Analyzing grains of soil collected from three Apollo lunar missions, geochemists have figured out that the hydrogen in trace amounts of water on the moon’s surface probably came from solar wind, the outflow of positively-char...
When the word driver is mentioned, the first thing you probably think of is the driver of a vehicle, or maybe a golf club if you are a golfer. But this article is really about device drivers, which are small computer programs. Device drivers are software programs that take care of the communication between an operating...
Graphing lines is one of the easiest topics in algebra because the process is so straight-forward, as long as you understand a few important things: 1. You must always get the equation into the slope-intercept form before you graph it. 2. You have to know that slope is rise over run. 3. Starting at the y-intercept is t...
Bullying has many different forms. It might be name-calling or teasing, hitting or shoving, spreading rumours or excluding others. If you feel your child might be affected by bullying, there are ways you can help. Always keep an open line of communication with your child, and make sure you are able to spend some one-on...
Approximately 500,000 U.S. children aged 1-5 years with blood lead levels above 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, the reference level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated. Lead poisoning can affect nearly every system in the body. Because lead poisoning often occurs with no obvious symp...
Having spied the Pacific Ocean for the first time a few weeks earlier, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark cross to the south shore of the Columbia River (near modern-day Portland) and begin building the small fort that would be their winter home. Lewis, Clark, and their men deserved a rest. During the past year, they h...
Who is this test for? This test is designed to motivate and reward young learners who have had exposure to English in an academic context and who are in advance of Firstwords. The aim is primarily to test the learners’ ability to use the language communicatively rather than to test their knowledge of the language syste...
The need for a cleaner burning fuel can lead to a biodiesel/ethanol debate. By comparing the qualities of the two fuels, you can decide which one is best to use from the point of view of the benefit to the environment. The materials used to make both biodiesel and bioethanol need to be taken into consideration to deter...
Plato described justice differently than most standard definitions. To Plato, justice meant carrying out one’s duty to one’s station, i.e. workers work, auxiliaries guard, and guardians rule. Under this premise, if lying is part of one’s job, it is only just if one lies. The reason the lie is noble is because it is for...
the condition that exist when an object is in free fall (the only force on the object is the gravity) The experience of being in free fall. If you are in a satellite, elevator, or other free-falling object, then you have a weight of zero Newtons relative to that object. (or "zero gravity") the condition when no force (...
WRP - What Does it Mean for Wildlife By Jim Schrenkel, Wildlife Biologist WR-what? As with all governmental agencies, acronyms abound. WRP stands for the Wetland Reserve Program administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS). Before discussing the many wildlife...
An enormous log of freshly cut wood called the Yule log was fetched and carried to the house on Christmas Eve. In England it was the custom to burn the log for the twelve days of Christmas, from Christmas eve on December 24th to Epiphany on January 6th. The Yule Log was originally burned in honor of the gods and to bri...
Kellog-Briand Pact (Pact of Paris) In April 1927 Briand suggested that France and the USA should sign a pact promising never to go war against each other. This proposed agreement was meaningless because there was absolutely no possibility of war between America and France. However Briand saw it as a way of symbolizing ...
Learn something new every day More Info... by email Radio frequency refers to an alternating electrical current with certain properties that allow it to be broadcast from an antenna. If the current generates an electromagnetic field or wave at a frequency that is suitable for broadcasting television or radio signals, t...
Beginning in the 500s B.C., Greeks placed herms, pillars surmounted by a head of the god Hermes, at physical boundaries, such as crossroads or even doorways. Such places were sites of ritual and worship, where the herms served a magical, protective function. By the Hellenistic period, the repertoire of heads found on h...
Science has played an important role in making the case for political commitments and tangible action to implementing management measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep sea from the damage caused by destructive fishing practices. In 2005, 1,452 scientists from 69 countries signed a statement callin...
Part 1 - Geography Activity 1: Introduction In order to get an overview of geography, you will watch the YouTube video MR. LIP – The Five Themes of Geography (YouTube, 2007, Mr.) posted under the Tasks tab. While watching the video, jot down the five themes of geography and a short definition. To increase your knowledg...
Kenny Breuer, School of Engineering Sharon Swartz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Although the natural world has countless examples of creatures with extraordinary flight capabilities, bats have evolved with truly extraordinary aerodynamic capabilities that enable them to fly in dense swarms, to avoid obstacles, and ...
We think of music as one of the arts, but music is also the science of sound and harmony. In fact, the ancient Greeks thought music belonged solely to the realm of mathematics, with its emphasis on number relationships, ratios and proportions. A Greek philosopher named Pythagoras first invented the musical scale. He di...
Newtons Laws Of Motion Isaac Newton was a physicist, astronomer and mathematician. Newton is remembered for his work in mechanics, optics, astronomy, mathematics and his famous description of gravity. Mechanics is the study of things that are moving. Newton’s mechanics offered the first explanation of Kepler’s laws (Ke...
The Hanna & Walter Curriculum Project Our new curriculum has been completed and is ready for distribution. The curriculum was developed and edited by Julie Kohner and Julia Phillips Berger. The Holocaust, which literally means “Consumed by Fire”, is a term referring to the mass murder of six million Jewish men, women a...
Early Chemistry and Gases The Chemical Revolution of the late 18th century was based in large part on Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's new understanding of the chemical role of a gas—oxygen—in explaining combustion, respiration, and metallurgical processes like smelting. This advance in the theory of material change drew up...
The tongue is able to move in nearly every direction, expand, compress and display a fine degree of articulation. Such muscular control allows us to manipulate our food and speak. The organ's ability to transform into a variety of shapes comes from its composition of skeletal muscle interspersed with fat. The tongue an...
Learning science takes more than just learning what an atom is or how forces work. To fully understand science, the language of science must also be mastered. The words that scientists use to explain how things work can either make science interesting or difficult depending on how well someone understands the language....
Understanding Seasons - A Model From the University of Wisconsin SpacePlace - Seasons are not caused by the Earth being sometimes closer to and sometimes farther away from the Sun. - Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis. When the Northern Hemisphere tips toward the Sun, we have summer and the Southern Hem...
Student: I understand how to add and subtract fractions, but multiplying and dividing seems different. How is it done? Mentor: We'll start with multiplying. It is a little bit more straight-forward. Simply multiply the numerator and multiply the To solve 2/3 x 3/4 multiply the numerators 2 and 3 (which will be 6) and t...
Recurrent Themes in the Representation of South Asia Early European travelers found India to be a strange and confusing land filled not only with unusual flora and fauna but inhabited by peoples with seemingly different orientations towards life. Many of these travelers during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth...
What are Cirrus Clouds? The most common form of high-level clouds are thin and often wispy cirrus clouds. Typically found at heights greater than 20,000 feet (6,000 meters), cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals that originate from the freezing of supercooled water droplets. Cirrus clouds generally occur in fair w...
The most prevalent system of color vision in mammals is known as dichromacy, which is a color-detection system based on two types of cone photoreceptors--those sensitive to short (SWS) and medium-to-long (M/LWS) wavelengths. Trichromacy, which is used by humans, was thought to be unique to primates that have re-evolved...
The term sedimentary basin is used to refer to any geographical feature exhibiting subsidence and consequent infilling by sedimentation. As the sediments are buried, they are subjected to increasing pressure and begin the process of lithification. Methods of Formation It is common to categorise sedimentary basins accor...
Water-powered sawmills were a feature of the New England landscape since the earliest years of European settlement—the first water-powered sawmills in New England were built near Berwick, Maine in 1634. In England, pit sawing by hand remained the predominate method of converting logs to lumber throughout the seventeent...
We have already discussed the idea that some bacteria have always been resistant to certain antibiotics and that each antibiotic only has an effect on specific germs (See the antimicrobials section). But sometimes bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics that previously killed or damaged them. This resistance can d...
5. Considering Alternative Perspectives Top R4R Picks Resources for extending the learning WHAT IS IT? In the process of forming opinions, clarifying values and taking an informed position, the learner considers different ways of looking at issues and reaching solutions. This approach includes consideration of complime...
The Astronomical Earth Of the planets, only Mercury and Venus are nearer to the sun; the mean distance from the earth to the sun is c.93 million mi (150 million km).Rotation and Revolution The earth rotates from west to east about a line (its axis) that is perpendicular to the plane of the equator and passes through th...
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Rewriting in mathematics, computer science and logic covers a wide range of methods of transforming strings, written in some fixed alphabet, that are not deterministic but are governed by explicit rules. This is a powerful general method for dealing with equation. A rewrite system is a...
A team of researchers has found new evidence that the slipstream behind a moving vehicle blows seeds great distances, meaning some invasive plant species could thrive at the road side. Led by Dr Moritz von der Lippe the study shows that the wind created in the wake of a passing car can pick up seeds, carrying them furt...
Now that it is becoming increasingly clear that we are already on board for a substantial increase in global temperature in the coming century, the discussion has broadened from efforts to cut the greenhouse gases that drive the process, which are obviously more critical than ever, to include also efforts to mitigate t...
To use a single term to describe a diverse movement is deceptive. It connotes a certain amount of homogeneity and standardization, which was the very antithesis of Art Nouveau. Individuality was key; the movement’s forerunners believed that problems of design could be overcome through the unique methods of each artist....
With the end of World War I in November of 1918, Australians entered the new decade in a state of ambivalence about the past. Many were caught between feeling a great sense of loss for their brave men who had sacrificed their lives during the War, and a sense of pride for their nation which had, in the space of four ye...
OK, all you skeptics who say solar power sucks because all kinds of toxic materials go into the panels. Try this on for size: biophotovoltaics. Specifically, we’re talking about a new technique from a team led by MIT’s Andreas Mershin that could point the way toward using plant materials—even stuff like grass clippings...
Can You Match This? Matching Games for Young Children Preschool matching games can help review learned information, provide practice in following directions and improve social skills. Here are suggestions of games you can use in the classroom, some at no cost to you! Make Your Own Use blank 4” X 6” index cards to prepa...
Speaking of Spheres (Day 1) Lesson 4 of 7 Objective: SWBAT develop the formula for the volume of a sphere, before apply it meaningfully. I start this lesson by telling the class that they will be watching a video demonstration of the relationship between the volume of a cylinder and that of a sphere. I say: At the end ...
Plates grow by pulling apart at the mid-ocean ridges and sinking back into the earth's interior at the tranches, mostly around the rim of the Pacific. As plates grow, they create strips of progressively older crust on either side of the ridge. We can determine the age of the ocean floor by drilling into it an retrievin...
Three important groups in the Phylum Mollusca (both fossil and extant organisms) are bivalves, gastropods and cephalopods. Bivalves evolved around 500 million years ago during the mid-Cambrian Period and species survive today. They were most common in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic Eras i.e. from 251 million years ago until...
page 1 of 2 In this chapter, Ruth describes the ominous presence of the Ku Klux Klan in the South, specifically in Suffolk. The palpable threat to both blacks and Jews spurred the beginning of Ruth's lifelong dislike of the South. She describes her older brother Sam, a sweet and somewhat timid boy who ran away from hom...
Lesson 1 (from Preface) The Scarlet Letter begins with a "preface to the second edition," which Hawthorne wrote in 1850. While it is mostly unrelated to the narrative itself, it is important for understanding Hawthorne's narration. The objective of this lesson to introduce the novel and begin to acquaint students with ...
Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension The role of executive functioning in learning has been researched for many decades, and we now know that executive skills play important roles in literacy learning, and especially in successful reading comprehension. I recently finished a book by Kelly Cartwright, Executive Sk...
The year 1763 was a pivotal year in the formation of our American Republic. It was 250 years ago today that the peace treaty was signed between Great Britain, France, and Spain which ended the Seven-Years War or better known in North America as the French and Indian War. This treaty not only changed the landscape of No...
\|Date(s):\|\|September 3, 1825\| \|Course:\|\|“The United States: The Nation Divided, 1836-1876,” Wheaton College\| \|Rating:\|\|5 (5 votes)\| In 1825, Christian groups and colonization societies in America advocated for freed African Americans to colonize land in Liberia as an alternative to emancipate slaves in America. Religio...
ESL Teacher Talk Children vs. Adults in the ESL Classroom Who's going to pick up English faster - children or adults? Conventional wisdom has it that children are going to pick up the language faster (this is known as the "critical period hypothesis"). The theory is that their brains are more adaptable and that their c...
8th grade U.S history posted by Anonymous . 1. Compare and contrast the cultures of two native tribes. Tell what you did to communicate the United States' sovereignty in the region to two different tribes. 2. Name two tribes that you think would enter into exclusive fur trade with the United States. What evidence makes...
Questions: Section 8 - Who contributed to the success of the homestead? - Name some items that usually needed to be purchased during the first years on a homestead claim. - What did early homesteaders gather to sell for $8 to $12 a ton? - Who was generally in charge of milking cows and raising poultry? How often did co...
Making a weather forecast that turns out to be accurate is very rewarding for a meteorologist, but at the same time, a forecast that ends up way off the mark can be very frustrating. While weather forecasting has improved by leaps and bounds in the past several decades, there are still limitations to how accurately we ...
The Medici were a prominent family that produced four popes and two French queens. They controlled the Italian city-state of Florence from 1434 to 1737 and were among the most wealthy and powerful families of Europe during the Renaissance. Florence has been a prosperous city in the Tuscany region of central Italy for c...
The Vikings were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. The Vikings employed wooden longships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow rive...
Flowering plants keep the world cooler and wetter than it would be otherwise. Flower-powered rainfall. I'm Bob Hirshon and this is Science Update. Without flowers, the world would be a little more drab. It would also be a lot drier and hotter, according to University of Chicago paleontologist Kevin Boyce. He explains t...
5. Darwin's Finch Discoveries The Galapagos Islands comprise an archipelago of 13 major and about a hundred smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America’s Ecuador. It was a study of the biodiversity of the species of these islands that gave rise to the famous scientific theory of evolution throu...
echo sounder(redirected from Echo-sounding) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus. echo sounder,an older instrumentation system for indirectly determining ocean floor depth. Echo sounding is based on the principle that water is an excellent medium for the transmission of sound waves and that a sound pulse will bounce of...
It vanished into thin air. Around 90 per cent of the Red Planet’s atmosphere was probably lost to space over just a few hundred million years, according to a key measurement from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. Today Mars is a freezing, arid desert with an atmosphere 1 per cent as dens...
What : To detect gravitational waves When : February 12,2016 After four months of analysis, a consortium of scientists— including from India — confirmed Thursday that they had detected a signal from space from 1.3 billion years ago. The signal, which travelled as a gravitational wave was from the fusion of two black ho...
It took nine months to reproduce our galaxy, but it was well worth the effort! Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Zurich created this stunning reconstruction of the Milky Way galaxy by running a simulation on a supercomputer for nine long months. The res...
In this HTML5 melting and boiling simulation, an ice cube is melted into a beaker as a flame is applied. Molecules of water are overlaid onto the image of the ice cube and the image of the water. Once the liquid water reaches the boiling point, it evaporates as steam. 1. As the ice cube melts, the water molecules are f...
EPA's Report on the Environment Quantity of Municipal Solid Waste Generated and Managed Municipal solid waste (also called trash or garbage) is defined at the national level as wastes consisting of everyday items such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles and cans, food scraps, newspapers,...
Why Do We Get A Fever? The normal core human body temperature of the healthy person is considered 98.6ºF and it hovers within the range of +/- 1 deg. F and small variations due to age, activity, time of the day, etc. are acceptable. The temperature recorded from different parts of the body like orally, vaginally; recta...
What’s this all about? Having a classroom that encourages students to be themselves. Allow students to complete assignments in their own way whenever possible; written, verbal, online, hard copy etc. Encourage the differences between individuals to be celebrated and learned from! “Ensure that classroom displays reflect...
Was Jane Austen a feminist? In order to answer that question, we first need a definition of feminism. Here is how Merriam-Webster defines it: “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” By this definition, most modern women (and men) are feminists. Of course, “feminist” is a moving targe...
Students identify the qualities that contribute to effective verbal and non-verbal communication. They use those qualities as criteria by which to judge an in-class political debate on education. 31 Views 90 Downloads Passive Voice Worksheet Sentences can be transformed simply by changing from passive voice to active v...
The earliest hunters used simple wooden sticks sharpened into spears, and they then began using stone tips sometime between 500,000 and 300,000 years ago. Primitive stone tools were used to butcher animals approximately 2.6 million years ago, but most scientists believe early humans were scavengers.Continue Reading The...
A galaxy is a dense grouping of stars, held together by powerful gravitational attraction. Because of the extreme distance between galaxies, most of the lifeforms known to science are in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. There has been limited contact with objects, forces and life from outside this galaxy, however. Milky...
Origin The term “stereotype” was taken from the Greek words στερεός (stereos), "firm, solid" and τύπος (typos), "impression ", thus "solid impression". The term comes from the printing trade and was first adopted in 1798 by Firmin Didot to describe a printing plate that duplicated any typography. The duplicate printing...
Trilobites were savvy killers who hunted down their prey and used their many legs to wrestle them into submission, newly discovered fossils suggest. The fossils come from a site in southeastern Missouri, not far from the city of Desloge. They are trace fossils, which means they preserve not the organisms themselves, bu...
Comet 1P/Halley can be observed from Earth once every 75-76 years and is probably the most well known ‘household name’ comet. The reason for this is it is the brightest short period comet that regularly visits the solar system and the only short period comet that is so clearly visible to the naked eye on each passage. ...
The Archimedes' principle was named after Greek philosopher Archimedes. The principle is closely related to buoyancy as you can see in the statement below. Here is what Archimedes states: Whether the object is partially submerged or not, the principle is still true. For example, suppose you submerge a rock in water who...
Groundhogs (Marmota monax) have short pregnancies and spend twice as much time caring for their young after they are born. Unlike many of their other rodent relatives, who are prolific breeders and give birth to several litters of offspring per year, groundhogs give birth to just one litter annually. Male groundhogs em...
Muscle enables complex movements that are either voluntary—under conscious control—such as turning the pages of this book, or involuntary, such as the contraction of the heart or the peristalsis in the gut. To understand how muscle accomplishes these various activities, you need to know the physiology behind a muscle c...
As the Roman Empire collapsed and we were plunged into The Dark Ages, an evolution of the use of images for communication unfolded. The Middle Ages is split into 3 parts: The Early Middle Ages (estimated around 500-1000), The High Middle Ages (c.1001 – 1300) and the Later Middle Ages (c.1300-1500). During the Early Mid...
New experimental and theoretical findings on the structure of eyes and the dynamics of eyesight can help to explain the origin of severe eye diseases and could lead to new ways of preventing blindness. Light-sensing cells in the eye rely on their outer segment to convert light into neural signals that allow us to see. ...
We can teach about the world! Students learn to write their own science or social studies topic based non-fiction/informational chapter books to teach others. They will learn to use non-fiction features such as bold words and diagrams to elaborate their writing. This unit is aligned to the National Common Core Standard...
Lesson 6 of 12 Objective: SWBAT explain how sound can make objects vibrate. Next Generation Science Standard Connection This lesson connects to 1-PS4-1, because students discover that sound can make materials vibrate. Prior to this lesson I have taught about five lessons where the students discover vibrating objects ma...
Born: September 30, 1882 Neustadt an-der-Haardt, Germany Died: September 24, 1945 German experimental physicist Hans Geiger was a German nuclear physicist (a person who studies the inner core of the atom) best known for his invention of the Geiger counter, a device used for detecting and counting atomic particles, and ...
Future Mars explorers may be able to get all the water they need out of the red dirt beneath their boots, a new study suggests. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red Planet contains about 2% water by weight. That means astronaut pioneers could extract roughly two pints of water out of every...
Hey, how do I download it? This is a warmer, and there is nothing to download. It's just an idea for your lesson, not a worksheet. When introducing a new topic, such as language acquisition, present on the board two versions of the fact or theory, correct and incorrect: for example “It takes about one year to learn a s...
Children are not blind to the world around them. They see the news. They hear what adults are talking about. Yet children can't sort out what is really a threat. They need help from parents and other caring adults to cope with their fears. This information is intended to help you recognize when children are upset, and ...
Planaria are able to reproduce either sexually or asexually, depending on the species and the circumstances of reproduction. Sexually reproducing planaria are hermaphrodites, and mating consists of partners exchanging sperm with each other before departing to lay eggs.Continue Reading Despite the similarity of planaria...
8.a. Solving a Line Maze The next step up from simple line following is to teach your 3pi to navigate paths with sharp turns, dead ends, and intersections. Make a complicated network of intersecting black lines, add a circle to represent the goal, and you have a line maze, which is a challenging environment for a robot...
Ratio Tables are my FAVORITE math thing to do and to teach! They are an invaluable tool for ALL students. They can be intimidating to work with at first and therefore, require practice. Ratio Tables can be used for: - Solving fractions (fractions are ratios!) - Organizing your work - Brainstorming how to solve a proble...
Statistics/Different Types of Data/PS Data can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary data means original data that has been collected specially for the purpose in mind. It means someone collected the data from the original source first hand. Data collected this way is called primary data. The people who...
What is gravity? For you and me, the question is relatively straightforward—it’s what keeps our feet on the ground, computers on our laps, and water in our glass. But for physicists, it’s not that simple. Gravity forms the foundation of general relativity, the theory that much of modern physics is built on. It warps sp...
Role Of Teacher. The Oxford English dictionary defines ‘teacher’ as the function or position that somebody has or is expected to have in an organization, in society or in a relationship. It further explains that a teacher is a person whose job is teaching, especially in the school. Teachers have two major roles in the ...
Behaviour problems are a significant issue in classrooms everywhere. However, some teachers seem to have better control of a group of children than others. When teachers learn behaviour intervention strategies, it can improve the climate of the classroom, lead to less frustration, and promote more learning for all stud...
Washington: Researchers have combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon's lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth's sway. The team drew on studies by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been investigating the moon since 2009, and by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laborator...
The “Ring of Fire” refers to the physical geography of the region surrounding the Pacific Ocean, specifically, the undersea faults created by plate tectonics and the string of volcanoes that runs the 25,000 mile length of what is called “the Pacific Rim.” Its significance lies in its inherently unstable structure, whic...
Presentation on theme: "Language and Literature Introduction"— Presentation transcript: 1Language and Literature Introduction Lesson Objective:To explore an unseen textTo become familiar with how to approach a text 2Language and Literature Write down your definition of each term: Language and LiteratureShare with a par...
CARBON DIOXIDE AND TEMPERATURE LEVELS ARE INCREASING Carbon is continually recycled through what is known as the carbon cycle. Plants convert carbon dioxide into organic matter. When animals eat plants and perform respiration to obtain energy or when decomposers break down dead plants or animals, the carbon in organic ...
Protein in Foods Lesson 6 of 11 Objective: SWBAT identify foods and liquids which contain protein. Because my students tend to know a lot about protein, I begin the lesson by asking my students to share what they already know using the protein KWL. I ask students to think about what they already know about protein and ...
to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in November of eighteen sixty. When he took office several months later, he faced the most serious crisis in American history. The southern states had finally acted on their earlier threats. They had begun...
Out of Africa Somewhere between 80,000 and 50,000 years ago, a single migration out of Africa became the forebears of all non-Africans. What drove this first migration and what does that tell us about our evolution? In 1967 a team led by Richard Leakey found two hominid skulls and some bones near the Omo River in Ethio...
Seventy four years ago today, on the 3 September 1939, Britain and France had declared war on Germany after it ignored their ultimatums to withdraw German troops from Poland. This kicked off six long years of World War II. Germany’s accelerating power fuelled by Hitler's aggressive acquisition of territory began in 193...
Scientists are studying the deepest erupting volcano ever discovered, West Mata Volcano, located 4000 feet down in the Pacific Ocean, in an area bounded by Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. The volcano was discovered and recorded using ‘Jason’, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) piloted by Albert Collasius. Using a joystick, he mo...

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