In 1918, Children of California Went On a State-Ordered Squirrel Killing Frenzy
In April 1918, during World War II, California children planned to slaughter 100,000 squirrels regularly. They were considered a pest by the state because of…
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First COVID-19 Cases in Great Apes Seen In San Diego Gorillas
The moment that has been feared since the epidemic began is now happening, as gorillas on the west side of the San Diego Safari Park…
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Will Reach a “Grim Milestone” In 2021
Our planet is about to reach a “deadly milestone” this year: 2021 will see carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere at 50 percent higher than…
Homo sapiens’ First Culture Was Still Intact in Africa 11,000 Years Ago
The stone tools styles that Homo sapiens took to Africa and most of the world were gradually replaced by new tools and were considered completely…
Mariposite: Properties and Occurrences
Mariposite is a chromium-rich variety of Phengite which is a discredited name for a mineral series between Muscovite and Celadonite. It is a mineral that…
Sub-orbital Spaceflight
Sub-orbital spaceflight is when a spacecraft goes into space but does not reach the altitude where it can orbit Earth. It is a spaceflight in…
Begum Shahi Mosque, Pakistan
Begum Shahi Mosque (Urdu: بیگم شاہی مسجد), officially The Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum (Urdu: مریم زمانی بیگم کی مسجد), is the Mughal era’s oldest…
Terrainability – field of mobile robotics
The terrainability of a machine or robot is defined as its ability to negotiate terrain irregularities. Mobile robots are usually demanded to enter into unstructured…
Eels Have Been Found Living and Feeding On Blood inside the Heart of Sharks
There’s an emotional verse in The Mighty Bush’s Isles that goes something like this: “Eels inside the year, they look for the entrance wherever they…
Beast From The East 2? What ‘Sudden Stratospheric Warming’ Involves and Why It Can Cause Freezing Surface Weather
A “sudden stratospheric warming” event took place in early January 2021, according to the UK National Weather Service Met Office. These phenomena are some of…
Badshahi Mosque, Pakistan
One of the few important architectural monuments constructed during the long rule of Emperor Aurangzeb from 1658 to 1707 is the Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi and…
Pyrophosphoric Acid
Pyrophosphoric acid, also known as diphosphoric acid, is by nature a medium-strong hygroscopic inorganic acid and is both a colorless and odorless chemical. With the…
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