Meteorites may be at the heart of many science fiction and disaster films; but when it comes down to real science, Earth is a big planet covered by large, uninhabited areas. When you consider the empty versus occupied planetary surface area, you have pretty low-if-wide-ranging odds--between...
Heading back to India, the Indian Rhinoceros is also a prime suspect in Marco Polo’s thirteenth-century description of a unicorn: “They have wild elephants and plenty of unicorns, which are scarcely smaller than an elephant. The unicorn has the hair of a buffalo and feet like an elephant...
Food in New Zealand is generally a bit healthier — less processed, smaller portions and so on. Supermarkets don’t look that different really but people appear to eat somewaht less fast food and more homecooked meals, and you can tell the differences in sizes at the movies for example. T...
Who is the Polynesian god of death? According to ancient Hawaiian myth, Milu is the god of the dead and ruler of Lua-o-Milu. He is now thought to share analogs with Hades. Under his command, are a host of beings known as spirit catchers who would trap wandering ghosts and bring them...
Her own spill is probably permanent. Perhaps she should have been more aware that this week is the anniversary of the 1963 release by the Beatles of “I want to hold your hand” and been more companionable. If she wanted to be Churchillian – as 30 November was Winston’s birthday – ...