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Photo Credit (Pixabay) Researchers have discovered proof that Stone Age people in modern-day France engraved a map of their region onto the cave floor, which is a great moment for our heritage. In order to depict rivers and gullies, these early cartographers first chipped away to make indentations for basins. They then carved grooves into…
Photo Credit ( Pixabay ) The National Archives has started an initiative to help transcribe and digitise historical documents written in cursive in honor of America’s quarter-century. Millions of documents in the Archives have never been typeset in a contemporary font. Since cursive is no longer a popular subject in schools, many Americans nowadays may…
Photo Credit ( Freepik ) In order to study one of the most significant aspects of our sun, the European Space Agency will soon be able to produce artificial solar eclipses on command using a pair of satellites. The Sun’s corona, or crown, is hotter and larger than the Sun itself, yet it is obscured…
Photo Credit (Pixabay) A nonprofit organisation made a unique holiday delivery by saving the stray cat that captured the heart of a deployed US airwoman, fulfilling her Christmas desire. While serving in the Middle East, US Air Force Technical Sergeant Tracy discovered a kitten on her installation and gave it the name Walter. Although the…
Photo Credit (Pixabay) The tale of native animals protecting our coastlines from European-introduced green crabs that pillage comes from California. This clawed cancer has found a mate in the southern sea otter, which has destroyed native crab hatcheries, hunted juvenile salmon, and levelled eelgrass beds. A recently revitalised otter population at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine…
Photo Credit (Pixabay) Despite never having been to Italy, a British woman who suffered a stroke has acquired an Italian accent and the capacity to speak the language. One evening this summer, Althia Bryden’s husband discovered her unconscious and unable to speak, so he promptly called for an ambulance. Doctors found that the 58-year-old had…
Photo Credit ( Pixels ) By producing the biggest swarming light show ever flown in the US, Sky Elements celebrated the holidays with some good drone news. The light show, which was set to music, produced enormous, moving pictures that encapsulated the spirit of the holidays. These included a gingerbread hamlet, a winter wonderland, a…
Photo Credit (Pixabay) Following Hurricane Helene’s devastation of their towns, many families in Western North Carolina found themselves confronting the holiday season without the ideal home. Hundreds of volunteer home builders and Lowe’s relief efforts allowed for the donation and installation of dozens of tiny homes to families in time for Christmas Eve this month….
Photo Credit (Pixabay) Despite the bitterly cold winter months, a Newfoundland national park was teeming with tourists eager to witness a very uncommon visitor. One of the biggest predators on the planet, Steller’s sea eagles are indigenous to Russia, Korea, and Japan. With a wingspan of 7.8 feet, it must have traveled hundreds of miles…
Photo Credit (Pixabay) The Fernandina Beach Fire Department arrived quickly to the site of a bicycle accident on December 18th, when a young guy was caught beneath his bike wheel. The child, KJ, was locked between the wheel’s spokes and had to have his foot cut free before the firefighters could remove him, damaging the…