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The El Niño weather phenomenon of 1996-97 wrecked havoc on many parts of the world; however, it also enabled one team of scientists to make an incredible

The Spring River Gem & Mineral Club (SRGMC) meets Friday, Oct. 6. 10 a.m. at Thunderbird Center, 62 North Lakeshore Rd. in Cherokee Village.

A massive rift in Ethiopia separated continental plates by 400 feet and is part of a rift network that may flood enough to create a new ocean in 2 million years.

A massive rift in Ethiopia separated continental plates by 400 feet and is part of a rift network that may flood enough to create a new ocean in 2 million years.

We are pleased to present this year’s collection of books by members of the Foreign Service community.

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Ardipithecus Ramidus Essay 767 Words4 Pages Ardipithecus Ramidus was discovered in the 1990’s. It is believed to be one of the earliest of our ancestors discovered yet, dating back to almost 4.4 million years ago. 24 years ago, between 1992-1993 hundreds of fossils were recovered in Ethiopia. According to Dorey (2015) “The finds number over 110 specimens and represent about 35 individual members of this species. Most of the remains are dental, but some skull and limb bones were also ...

Express News Service Paramvir Singh Beniwal lives on the edge. Staying with dangerous tribes and exploring Civil War-ravaged countries thrill him the most. The 24-year-old adrenalin junkie is a YouTube impresario whose travel vlogs are meant to inspire people to push the wend envelope. “I’m not your typical beach-hopping, selfie-snapping ,margarita sipping travel influencer. Danger is where I thrive. My audience loves it,” he exults. Beniwal’s choice of holiday destinations is deliberat...

Among the riot of species that have lived on Earth over the last four billion years, only we can ponder our own origins — and it often angers the blood. We’re long past any serious debate that humanity evolved from apes in Africa a few million years ago, but the scientists looking for ever older bones of our ancestors always seem to be squabbling. A few pages into Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind, the journalist Kermit Pattison concurs in his ri...

I am pretty much a knowledge addict. I use Twitter, RSS, and numerous other mediums of information — from Telegram channels to standalone blogs. Out of a thousand articles a hundred gets skimmed through. A few dozens make it to my "Read Later" list, and only a fraction I find worthy of sharing. These worthy ones end up in my weekly newsletter, the Tuesday Triage, where I comment on the most intriguing articles Ive read and share facts I learnt over the week. Some of those trivia are not trivi...