The only interesting thing to report is that the Santiago Airport opened its new International Terminaltoday, which is huge, and we were one of the first flights to use it. Unfortunately, they haven’t gotten things working very smoothly, and despite my trying to enter as “crew”, as I ...
It’s kind of camouflaged against the soil, so it’s easy to draw the wrong conclusions about population size based on the available evidence. Let’s compare two sites that were unearthed in Britain: one dating from the Roman Empire, the other from a few centuries later during the Early ...
Carbon dating indicated that the man died 5, 300 years ago. Today, he is known as the Iceman and nicknamed "Ötzi" for the Ötzi Alps where he was found. Kept in perfect condition by the ice, he is the oldest complete human body found on earth. His body has ...
Dickens also relies on claims about scientific studies, like the presence or lack of carbon dating of certain artifacts or human remains. This, Paule explains, is overly single-minded within the scope of history and archaeology. (And for me, as someone who covers the science side, the process...
We’ve already learned that, with respect to some indigenous “scientific” theories, the New Zealand government is willing to commit the “Concorde” or “sunk cost” fallacy, continuing to fund lines of inquiry even though those projects have already been proven wrong or unproductive. A particu...
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are
Like my best friend who, after dating her boyfriend for seven years, suddenly thought, “How much more data can I expect to gather?” and suggested they elope to Vegas. You don’t have to adhere perfectly, but it’s good to step back, pick a number (I just might recommend two years...
the Sphinx was a creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. Itguarded the entrance to the city of Thebes. Anyone wantingto enter the city had to first answer theRiddle of the Sphinx. If they got it wrong, the Sphinx would strangle and eat the...
“Putin is testing Ukraine’s defense and the West’s resolve, hoping he can clutch victory from the jaws of defeat. But he is wrong,” Shappssaid in a statement. The Russians used a mix of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, Zelensky said. Unlike a year ago, Ukraine’s imp...
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