©iStock/Leo botanist Once all the hard work is over, it’s time to start exploring your new home. Flying to Costa Rica has become easier in recent years, thanks to improvements in its airports and a growing number of airlines that serve them. Major airlines that fly from the U.S. ...
making it hard to steer. When engines moved to the front of the car, the increased weight made tillers impractical. The steering wheel puts a gear system between you and the car’s wheels, offering a mechanical advantage and isolating you from vibrations....
Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist, entomologist, zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, medical scientist, agronomist, archaeologist, ethnographer, cartographer, geographer, geophysicist, mineralogist, encyclopedist, military general, ...
providing the belief that the ancientcave peopleof Mexico prepared and heated popcorn using some of the same fundamental principles used today. The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in theBat Caveof central New Mexico by anthropologistHerbert Dickand botanistEarle Smithin 1948 and 19...
He became part of a scientific expedition to explore the Ohio River led by the botanist Picque in 1788. However, Saugrain was injured during an Indian raid and returned to France. Dr. Saugrain was soon forced to flee France because of his royalist beliefs at the beginning of th...
A significant portion of a botanist’s time might be spent in the outdoors, conducting field research in various environments ranging from dense forests to arid deserts, and from alpine meadows to tropical rainforests. These field expeditions can sometimes be physically demanding, involving long ...
In 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. In the course of his investigation, Davis came to realise that the story of vodoun is the history...
Years later, this film would be heralded as a not-so-bad offering from a stand-alone film perspective. A different title might have been wise but at the risk of being a forgotten film. I agree with the sentiment-it’s not a fantastic film- the plot is far from its strong suit, but...