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It Came From Above

Animals have often been used in battle throughout history, mostly as a means of transportation. But what happens when...

Written by Daniel Lew • 23 Feb 2006 • Read →

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Sordid History of the Salton Sea

An accident spawned a lake. The lake fed water to millions of acres of farmland, and was a booming tourist trap that...

Written by Jason Bellows • 22 Feb 2006 • Read →

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Songs of the Deep

Few species on Earth communicate as frequently and effectively as human beings, and none so majestically or ubiquitou...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 21 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Crypt of Civilization

In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door whic...

Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Birthday Paradox

I used to have an uneasy relationship with mathematics. I had long been a bit put off by math's condescending demeano...

Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Hole Story on Trepanation

Hippocrates endorsed its use and it’s the world’s second oldest surgical procedure following circumcision. It’s call...

Written by Greg Bjerg • 07 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The World’s Tiniest Gold Prospectors, Architects, and Cows

Humans (myself included) like to think of ourselves as the most important species on our planet, but we are sorely wr...

Written by Anthony Kendall • 06 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Halifax Disaster

How a maritime accident led to the largest human-caused explosion in the pre-nuclear era.

Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Feb 2006 • Read →

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The Death of Grigory Rasputin

If the popular (but wildly inaccurate) children's film Anastasia, the based-on-a-real-person character Grigory Rasput...

Written by Josh Harding • 29 Jan 2006 • Read →

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Cancer Assassins

In the USA and other developed countries, cancer is presently responsible for about 25% of all deaths. The human immu...

Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Jan 2006 • Read →

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