The Shocking River Fire That Fueled the Creation of the EPA
Fires were nothing out of the ordinary on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River in the 1960s. The city was still a manufacturing hub and the river, which […]
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Sand tiger sharks return to shipwrecks off N.C. coast
A study reveals shipwrecks off North Carolina’s coast are important habitats for sand tiger sharks, whose population plummeted in the 1980 and 1990s. Photos taken […]
The Shocking River Fire That Fueled the Creation of the EPA
Fires were nothing out of the ordinary on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River in the 1960s. The city was still a manufacturing hub and the river, which empties into Lake Erie, had long been a dumping place for sewage and industrial waste. But on June 22, 1969, …
Better labor practices could improve archaeological output
(Lehigh University) In a new paper, ‘Essential Excavation Experts: Alienation and Agency in the History of Archaeological Labor,’ published in Archaeologies: Journal of the World […]
Gargantuan
Originally broadcast on BBC2’s The Late Show in 1992, this delightfully simple and clever short from the UK artist John Smith deploys a camera, an […]
Thinking on your feet
Don’t just do it, think about it too: how Gilbert Ryle’s philosophy of mind can help athletes teach themselves to improve By Josh Habgood-Coote Read […]
A rock, a human, a tree: all were persons to the Classic Maya
For the Maya of the Classic period, who lived in southern Mexico and Central America between 250 and 900 CE, the category of ‘persons’ was […]
Daily Quiz for April 22, 2019
During the siege of Vicksburg, Union troops started calling the town this.
Daily Quiz for April 21, 2019
The Pilgrim’s colony was supposed to be near this modern city, not where they finally settled.
Daily Quiz for April 20, 2019
German Type XXI U-boats used this kind of propulsion system.