WEIRD HISTORY
Much of the land near the atomic bomb’s birthplace was converted to recreational areas, but toxic waste remains. Water samples from Acid Canyon in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on 2024 Jul 22. Photograph: Michael Ketterer/AP– New Mexico – Tom Perkins Last modified on …
A drug already used to treat Alzheimer’s could find a second use in inducing a hibernation-like state, to save lives during medical emergencies. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2024 Aug 25 – In a medical emergency, quick treatment is critical. But a widely used …
Starliner will be leaving the ISS without its crew. Boeing – By David Szondy 2024 Aug 24 – In a red-faced turn of events, NASA has announced that the two Starliner astronauts “not stranded” on the International Space Station (ISS) will be returning to …
National currency secured by bonds and issued by the First National Bank of Cleveland in 1863. U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – By Dr. David P. Weber, Professor of the Practice in Fraud and Forensic Accounting, Salisbury University and by Jake …
Former Team GB Olympic athlete Sarah Claxton traced her American father through ancestry DNA testing. Photograph: Anselm Ebulue/The Observer – The Observer Genetics – Many people want to uncover their ancestry, but – driven by Brexit – others also hope to regain access …
The site of the newly uncovered wooden-boarded Roman well. Photograph: Mola The Observer – Roman Britain – ‘Astonishingly preserved’ remains in Cambridgeshire give clues to substantial Romano-British industrial settlement – Dalya Alberge 2024 Aug 17 – The Romans were remarkable engineers, thousands of …
A water pipe that was used to carry water to livestock crosses land burned in the Maui fires in August 2023. Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND – By Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University Published: 2024 Aug 13 …
The palms of a patient during an outbreak of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. Getty Images – By Cheryl Walter, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Hull Published: 2024 Aug 13 – Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, …
The extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago. Mark Stevenson/UIG via Getty Images – By Hans Sues, Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Smithsonian Institution Published: 2024 Aug 12 Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. …
Vernon Dalhart was a widely recorded singer in the early 20th century. The Library of Congress – By Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University Published: 2024 Aug 09 – Country music’s origin story …
