Adjectives -- descriptive words that modify nouns -- often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it's quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find jus...
By Robert T. Gonzalez Between six and seven thousand years ago, salt was every bit as valuable as gold; and the inhabitants of this ancient, heavily guarded settlement (recently named the oldest ever...
Also contained in rocks once molten are radioactive elements whose isotopes provide Earth with an atomic clock. Within these rocks, "parent" isotopes decay at a predictable rate to form "daughter" isotopes. By determining the relative amounts of pa...
Maybe this isn't a newsflash to anyone but me, but, um, . Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are disproportionately large, many people (myself included) tend to think of them as just big he...
n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that...
People from the tibetan plateau and their daily simple life.
Delhi Image - Young woman walking through sandstone pillars at Qutb Minar complex. - Lonely Planet
The ancient mummy of a mysterious young woman, known as the Ukok Princess, is finally returning home to the Altai Republic this month.
TED Talks Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her "otherness" -- first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011.
White on white: Arctic foxes in Canada photographed by Anna Henly.
A young "homeless planet", up to seven times the size of Jupiter and with no gravitational ties, has been spotted by scientists for the very first time.
Science news, cool stuff, teachers resources and lots more from CosmOnline - a fusion of MetroCosm and the internet. Astronomy, physics, nature, archaeology brought to life by Ben Gilliland
Is the human species doomed to intellectual decline? Will our intelligence ebb away in centuries to come leaving our descendants incapable of using the technology their ancestors invented? In short: will Homo be left without his sapiens?
Epsilon, a small collection of ambient music resources hosted by Hyperreal. Includes the official site for Axiom Records featuring Bill Laswell and associated artists, the Fax label, the Ambium and Omnimotion labels, EST Magazine, Mystical Sun, plus ...