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The Piri Reis Map

Not so very long ago, people were just learning to make fire. They finally invented a stone-chipped wheel, and started using more than just grunts and shoves to talk to each other. They wore only skins draped over one shoulder and they never trimmed their hair or bathed. That’s what most Read more…

Cool Facts from Lake Vostok

(I fired off an e-mail to Ask-a-Scientist about the formula they use to decide how old really-squashed, deep ice “should” be, but they didn’t know either. In fact, the only website they found talking about it was mine! I think there are very few people who are aware of how Read more…