Warren Nunn Some really interesting data has emerged that shows there are ‘upside down’ canyons below the Antarctic ice. That should slow you down to picture what that looks like. Driven by currents created as the earth rotates, water from below is eating away at the...
Warren Nunn Religion? Science? Science or religion? Which one requires most faith? Back in March 1900, about 20 men gathered in the English county of Hertfordshire—probably at St Albans about 40 km (25 miles) from London—for a debate on the topic “Has science or...
Great progenitor – Aberdeen Press and Journal 11 November 1799: Died, at Newton-Stewart, on the 16th ult. Thomas McRoberts, aged about 100 years. His great-grandchildren by the first marriage are above 12 years of age, and he has left a daughter by the third...
Dreadful stupidity – Aberdeen Press and Journal 11 November 1799: A dreadful accident happened at Coalport, near the Iron Bridge, Shropshire, on the evening of the 30th ult. As a considerable number of the work people, men and women, belonging to Messrs Rofe and...
No impediment to love – Aberdeen Press and Journal 01 July 1799: A marriage was on Tuesday celebrated at Wells, which excited a considerable degree of curiosity and entertainment. The bride, Mary Evans, was born without arms, but enjoyed the use of her feet in...
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