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The King’s Grave in Sweden ( CC by SA 3.0 ) – By Caleb Strom – In 1748, two farmers stumbled upon an ancient stone tomb near the village of Kivik in southern Sweden while digging in a quarry. The tomb, now known …
The full-size roof terrace is a unique option Crawler offers. Crawler – By C.C. Weiss 2020 Oct 07 – Planning your escape for the next global pandemic? You just found it. Recently debuted in Germany, the Turkish-built Crawler Otag 600 is the latest untethered …
The Ilopango mega-eruption in 431 AD must have looked like this but no one understood just how much this single event effected the global climate, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. Source: Catmando / Adobe Stock – By Ashley Cowie 2020 Oct 01 …
A hubless cycle rolling down the street will certainly grab all kinds of attention; it looks surreal. Beno – By Loz Blain 2020 Oct 06 – This eye-catching ebike offers 750 watts of power, about 500 watt-hours of battery, a long list of neat …
The Googstick (at left) is presently on Kickstarter – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Oct 05 – One of the nice things about reading electronic text is the fact that if there’s a word you don’t understand, you can just highlight it to perform a …
Artist’s concept of the first validated Earth-sized exoplanet found by the Kepler Space Telescope. NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech – By David Szondy 2020 Oct 05 – A team of scientists led by Washington State University (WSU) geobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch has identified two dozen exoplanets that …
By Jolie Kerr Published 10:59 AM EDT 2020 Oct 05 – Halloween is typically a time for safety concerns — flammable costumes, tripping, tampered-with candy — but this year, there’s something new to worry about: Covid-19. Given the times we’re in, the Centers …
Researchers say prehistoric mastodon bones bear human-made markings The surface of mastodon bone showing half impact notch on a segment of femur. (Tom Deméré, San Diego Natural History Museum) – By Brigit Katz SmithsonianMag.Com 2017 Apr 26 – In 1992, construction workers were …
A Missouri Department of Conservation employee photographed a large orb weaver spiderweb while out on a trail near Springfield. – By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Updated Sat 2020 Oct 03 – A Missouri Department of Conservation employee snapped a photograph of a huge …
One company has exclusive rights to the source of the iconic pigment—a copper mine’s supply of iron deposits that may last just a century more. The color, known specifically as Falu red, has been a consistent symbol of pastoral life in Sweden. (Lars …
