Helium is the talk of the party balloon industry these days, and it is not a discussion being carried out in high-pitched giggles. The second most plentiful element in the universe is suddenly in short supply on this planet, and that means soaring prices for a lot of things, balloons included. "...
The restoration of the fallen menhir of Punkri Burwadih Subhashis Das is well known for his work recording and publicising the rich megalithic heritage of Indian. In this feature he describes how, with the help of local officials, friends and villagers, the fallen megalith of Punkri Burwadih was r...
Archaeologists uncover remains of Stortford "henge" A Henge - or Prehistoric monument - may have been unearthed on the outskirts of Bishop's Stortford. Archaeologists investigating sites earmarked for thousands of new homes on the town's ASRs - areas of special restraint - believe t...
Was Newton a scientist or a sorcerer? The Gravity Fields Festival begins on Friday in Grantham, Lincolnshire. For eight days, Newton's life and times will be commemorated by more than 100 events around the town, during what could become a biennial event. Grantham lies close to Newton's birthplace...
Mystery over blue UFOs now 'solved' The mystery of blue flying objects reported hovering over Hinckley may have been solved. Dozens of people said they saw the objects on August 23. Their reports reached the town branch of the Leicestershire UFO Research Society which immediately carried out inve...
Methacton School District Gets New Telescope The Methacton School Board voted to approve a $1,000 donation from the Education Foundation for the Methacton Community (EFMC) on Sept. 18. The donation was earmarked for the purchase of a new telescope that would enhance the district's Mallon Planet...
The main motivation for my trip to Cooradigbee today was to catch a glimpse of its fabled meteorite crater, which has always intrigued me since I first saw it mentioned on the Cooradigbee website 10 years ago. To reach the crater is an adventure in itself. Just to get to our lunch stop has required 90 min...
Title: On the origin of the jet-like radio/X-ray morphology of G290.1-0.8 Authors: Federico García (1,2), Jorge A. Combi (1,2), Juan F. Albacete-Colombo (3), Gustavo E. Romero (1,2), Fabrizio Bocchino (4), Javier López-Santiago (5) ((1) IAR-CONICET, Argentina, (2) FCAG-UNLP, Argentina, (3...
Roman military camp dating back to the conquest of Gaul throws light on a part of world history In the vicinity of Hermeskeil, a small town some 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Trier in the Hunsrueck region in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, archaeologists from Johannes Gut...
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Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) was an Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence, and known for his prophecies of civic glory and calls for Christian renewal. He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor. Read more
