The Quaternary (/kwəˈtɜːrnəri, ˈkwɒtərnɛri/ kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period…
five significant ice ages in Earth’s history
An ice age is a period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting hundreds of millions…
17,000 year old DNA in America
A Native American man in Montana has what may be the oldest DNA native to the Americas, according to news reports. After…
Anna May Wong – “willow frost”
Wong Liu-tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese…
Executive Order 9066: Concentration Camps
Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a…
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu – a hero
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu (January 30, 1919 – March 30, 2005) was an American civil rights activist who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shortly…
Council House Massacre – 12 Comanche leaders shot
The Council House Fight, often referred to as the Council House Massacre, was a decidedly lopsided fight between soldiers and officials of the Republic…
Comancheria – ‘Comanche land’
The Comancheria or Comanchería (Comanche: Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ, ‘Comanche land’) is the region of New Mexico, west Texas and nearby areas occupied by the Comanche before the 1860s. Pekka…
Tiguex War – the first war
The Tiguex War was the first named war between Europeans and Native Americans in what is now the United States, although the De Soto expedition fought numerous battles earlier. It…
Ama-gi is a word for freedom in 3500 BC
Ama-gi is a Sumerian word written 𒂼𒄄 ama-gi4 or 𒂼𒅈𒄄 ama-ar-gi4. It has been translated as “freedom”, as well as “manumission”, “exemption from debts or obligations”, and “the restoration…
Iranrud
Iranrud (Persian: ایرانرود) which means Iran River in Persian, was a plan to build a canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman. The former Soviet…
Native tribes celebrate bison range restoration
A narrow gravel road takes visitors zig-zagging up a mountain, alongside a creek, and, if they’re lucky, they’ll see buffalo…
Kingdom of Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge’ez: መንግሥተ አኵስም), also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to…
Iran Revolutionary Guard colonel killed
Unidentified gunmen on a motorbike have killed a senior member of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard outside his home in Tehran.…
Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths soar
It was about 6 a.m. when Venique Moïse flung open the door of her house and saw dozens of people…
ant travels 108 times its body length/sec. in 128.5 °F
The Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) is a species of insect that lives in the Sahara Desert. It is the fastest of the world’s 12,000…
Selaginella lepidophylla and Anastatica
Selaginella lepidophylla (syn. Lycopodium lepidophyllum) is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family (Selaginellaceae). Known as a “resurrection plant”, S. lepidophylla is renowned for its ability to survive almost…
A resurrection plant
A resurrection plant is any poikilohydric plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. Examples include: Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as…
Past Concentration Camps for Women in the U.S.
In 1917, the American Plan became law, authorizing doctors and the police to indefinitely imprison women assumed to be sex…
Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ Became a Turning Point
Nearly a century after the Confederacy’s guns fell silent, the racial legacies of slavery and Reconstruction continued to reverberate loudly throughout Alabama in 1965. On…
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