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Monte Testaccio: The 2,000-year-old Garbage Dump in Rome

May 8, 2018May 7, 2018 0 Comments environment

(via Amusing Planet) It might seem just like an ordinary hill on the outskirts of Rome, but is in fact,

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 0 Comments science

(via Atlas Obscura) From the 1880s to the present, women have helped define, describe, and organize the our solar system,

(via Listverse) While nothing compares to the pressures of having a real job, life at college is extremely stressful. So it

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 0 Comments animals

(via Mental Floss) Though they’re often described as “rats with wings” (a phrase popularized by the movie Stardust Memories), pigeons

(via Amusing Planet) Since 1993, the farmers of the Japanese village of Inakadate, in Aomori Prefecture, has been creating elaborate

(via Great Big Story) Space archaeologist Sarah Parcak analyzes satellite imagery in order to find ancient sites hidden from view.

(via Popular Mechanics) A new rush of companies and countries headed to the moon has the U.S. considering the best

(via Atlas Obscura) The 19th-century naval officer John Ross had a knack for seeing land where it wasn’t.

(via Great Big Story) On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the

(via Atlas Obscura) Before orange (the fruit, that is) stormed Europe, yellow-red was called simply that: yellow-red, or even just

(via Listverse) If there is one thing you can say about plants, it’s that they look interesting. They are beautiful, colorful,

(via Atlas Obscura) But Red squirrels? Not so much.