Category: Past-Present
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Cataclysm. So long ago…
Floods of unimaginable magnitude once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around 4 billion years ago - a finding that hints at the possibility that life may have existed there, according to data collected by NASA's Curiosity rover. (1) Cataclysm on Earth. A long long time ago. Cataclysm on Mars. With no one watching…
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Time... Past...
The enemy of time is the Past... The enemy of the past is Time...
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French Revolution: Why it failed. Why we still live in it...
"May my blood unite the French! I forgive all..." The phrase was never completed. The guilotine fell and its thud ended the life of Louis XVI, giving its place to silence. For some seconds. "Vive la démocratie" Cheers echoed across Place de la Concorde after the execution. A king had fallen. Democracy was born. But…
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Walking dead (fossils)… Elusive silent world…
Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is no easy task, and a new study highlights how fossil evidence can produce a misleading picture if not interpreted with care. Florida Museum of Natural History researchers used a series of 130-foot cores drilled from the Po Plain in…
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Mindfulness.
Ever wonder why some people seem to feel less pain than others? A study conducted at Wake Forest School of Medicine may have found one of the answers -- mindfulness. "Mindfulness is related to being aware of the present moment without too much emotional reaction or judgment," said the study's lead author, Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D.,…
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