Science

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (693+ words) In 1910, a woman in Salem mailed a letter to her sister. The message included mundane notes about the weather, a car ride and a dress she made, along with an ominous complaint about a swollen neck. Nothing about it would…...

37+ min ago   (764+ words) This is a linkpost for Earthrise from my Substack. But here at Leadside, all the ordinary clichés wore a shade of melancholy as the tiny terminal’s transient visitors bade farewell to home. He carried on like this for some months…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (948+ words) Time travel is no different to bricklaying apparently! FROM Marty McFly to Bill and Ted, we all love a good time traveller. The only thing is they don’t tend to be real. However, one Abergavenny man claims that time travel…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (34+ words) CTV News Ghost stories from the Seven Oaks cellar A trip into the cellar uncovers the story of a mysterious presence said to haunt the historic home....

16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1433+ words) Many people know about the million-acre Pinelands, which are spread evergreen and largely unbroken across southern New Jersey. Fewer know that a 1968 book by an award-winning New Jersey writer helped to protect that forest for the past half-century. But in…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (436+ words) Award-winning documentary filmmakers Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant (Coulson & Tennant) have teamed up with naturalist and writer Stephen Rutt and composer and musician Ben Please, to make Refugia: A Celtic Rainforest, which explores the astounding richness of Galloway’s remaining areas…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago   (234+ words) Author(s): Jordan Blum & Tim Seeley Publisher: Dark Horse Comics The Big One, the earthquake to end all earthquakes, has finally struck Los Angeles. The government decides not to rebuild and the city becomes a no man's land for those that…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (14+ words) (Video) Bradenton Herald...

12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (464+ words) Moving can be difficult for anyone, but especially for children. Engaging with a new community or a new school can be overwhelming. Author Nadine Haruni recently published a book designed to help parents and/or teachers as they assist children…...

4+ hour ago   (438+ words) “On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople disappeared.” So writes Anthony Kaldellis in 1453: The Conquest and Tragedy of Constantinople, a riveting, passionate, indignant, eloquent, and—notably—revisionist book of history. Mr. Kaldellis, born in Athens, is a professor at the Department…...