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It gave them access to water, drainage, and ready building materials. By Sarah Wells – Machu Picchu, the 600-year-old Incan citadel in modern-day Perú, is notoriously hard to get to. Built on a narrow ridge in the Andes Mountains, this UNESCO world heritage …
Author: Eliot Cunningham – Fear not my fellow vegans and aspiring plant based people. Protein is traditionally associated with meat, but getting enough protein on a primarily plant based or vegan diet is easy. High protein plant based foods are abundant and a …
Need we say more? By Holly Patrick – Bringing pet dogs into the workplace is becoming increasingly common. Large companies like Google, Ticketmaster, and challenger bank Monzo are just a few that have joined companies in the pet sector (like Pets at Home) …
The Qasr al-Farid tomb in Madain Saleh is a Unesco World Heritage site. Image copyright Getty Images. Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time as part of a broader push to cut its economic dependence on oil. …
By Michael Irving – An artist’s illustration of a gas giant planet like GJ 3512b orbiting a red dwarf star. CARMENES/RenderArea/J. Bollain/C. Gallego. An unexpected discovery is challenging our accepted understanding of how planets form. Astronomers have spotted a gigantic gas planet orbiting …
The web extends over millions of light-years. By Passant Rabie – Galaxies that are spread out in the vastness of the universe are actually connected. A mysterious, dark web feeds their star formation and helps them grow, and until recently, scientists have only …
In more than a dozen countries as far apart as Portugal and Russia, ‘Smith’ is the most popular occupational surname. By Frank Jacobs – Image: Marcin Ciura. ‘Smith’ is not just the most common surname in many English-speaking countries In local translations, …
They could have been the “Adam and Eve of chemical evolution.” By Yasmin Tayag – Hydrogen cyanide is best known as a poison, historically deployed as a murder weapon in gas chambers and by federal executioners. But much further back in Earth’s past, …
FieldTrip is advancing the realm of clinical psychedelic testing. By Derek Beres – “u201cFun guy” and u201d harvesting Mazatec psilocybin mushrooms from their growing tubs May 19, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. Photo by Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images. FieldTrip Ventures …
“While not surprising, it was concerning.” By Peter Hess – Electric scooters have hit the streets of major cities across the United States and around the world. And unsurprisingly, people are getting hurt. These dockless mobility devices, which are part of a multi-million-dollar …
