Science

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (992+ words) Republisher of “My Meadow” Jane Hicks, holds a copy of the book “My Meadow: Americana Memoirs of a Black Woman Evangelist.” Members of the Beverly Keelers and Beverly Amazons softball team, back row from left, are Bea James, Peggy Hutton…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (948+ words) Time travel is no different to bricklaying apparently! FROM Marty McFly to Bill and Ted, we all love a good time traveller. The only thing is they don’t tend to be real. However, one Abergavenny man claims that time travel…...

9+ hour, 21+ min ago   (34+ words) CTV News Ghost stories from the Seven Oaks cellar A trip into the cellar uncovers the story of a mysterious presence said to haunt the historic home....

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (436+ words) Award-winning documentary filmmakers Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant (Coulson & Tennant) have teamed up with naturalist and writer Stephen Rutt and composer and musician Ben Please, to make Refugia: A Celtic Rainforest, which explores the astounding richness of Galloway’s remaining areas…...

19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (464+ words) Moving can be difficult for anyone, but especially for children. Engaging with a new community or a new school can be overwhelming. Author Nadine Haruni recently published a book designed to help parents and/or teachers as they assist children…...

7+ hour, 10+ min ago   (489+ words) In case you missed it, Rachel Cusk’s new novel Life of M has been the centre of heated online debate. Dubbed a “biogossip” (biography based on gossip) allegedly inspired by the actress Natalie Portman, the novel investigates fame, power and…...

12+ hour, 6+ min ago   (788+ words) Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The historic book, “Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam.” Wallace the Brave is the best current comic strip going. In it, elementary-age Wallace offers to share his popcorn with an acerbic classmate, who asks, “Wallace, have…...

13+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1081+ words) Thirty-five years ago, he penned a love letter in desert dust. Originally published in 1989, Stephen Trimble’s “The Sagebrush Ocean” chronicled the ecology and the essence of the Great Basin — which spans nearly all of Nevada — with a depth and a…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago   (527+ words) Courtesy of The Trustees of the Firle Estate Settlement and the University of Sussex Pages 8-9 of The Keep Fragment showing thread binding from Chapter 34 on the Raising of Lazarus The discovery of six lost pages of a medieval manuscript belonging…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago   (473+ words) Occasionally, we’ve held walks further afield too. If you’ve heard of Woking, it’s probably for one of two reasons; either was the birthplace of British rock band The Jam, or as the setting of one of the most influential science…...