WEIRD HISTORY
A new set of chemical reactions could help explain the origins of life on Earth. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2022 Jul 29 – Exactly how non-living molecules sparked into life is one of the most puzzling mysteries of science. Now scientists at Scripps …
A new U.S. quarter shows Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools. U.S. Mint – By Anna María Nogar, Professor of Hispanic Southwest Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of …
“Code: 4 | Message: Something went wrong during native playback.” Video Ad Feedback Source: CNN Who is Tony Ornato and why does he matter to the January 6 committee? – By Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Updated 2022 Jul 14 …
Fuelled by hype and hysteria, the market in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies went from an obscure niche to a $3tn industry. Then the house of cards collapsed. ‘You fall into this La-La land of thinking: I’m going to make it.’ Illustration: Scott Balmer/The …
Elders testify in Oklahoma about beatings, whippings and sexual abuse at institutions that sought to assimilate Native children. Deb Haaland stands behind a Native American color guard ahead of the event in Anadarko on Saturday. Photograph: Bradley Brooks/Reuters – Associated Press in Anadarko, Oklahoma …
On Monday, the supreme court justice issued a worrying signal about his commitment to maintaining press freedoms. ‘Thomas asserted that ‘New York Times and its progeny have allowed media organizations and interest groups ‘to cast false aspersions on public figures with near impunity.’ …
Largest ever specimen, a 2.7 meter-long creature known as Arthropleura, discovered by ‘fluke’ on UK beach. A section of Arthropleura’s exoskeleton was found by a ‘fluke’ on Howick beach by a Cambridge University scientist. Photograph: Neil Davies/PA– PA Media Last modified on 2021 …
Gaëlle Ndanga-Adjovi, 36, an Inner Guard within the lodge. Photograph: Anna Gordon for the Guardian – Photographer Anna Gordon has been granted extraordinary access to the historically secretive Freemasonry for Women lodge, one of two Grand Lodges for women in the UK operating …
About 90 tons of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya coalmine in January, data shows Blast at the Raspadskaya coal mine, Russia. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images – Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Last modified on 2022 Jun 15 – Possibly the world’s biggest …
President William Howard Taft and his wife rode in this steam-powered automobile in 1909. AP Photo – By Brian Stewart, Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University And by Gary W. Yohe, Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University Published: 2022 Jun …