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Meet the Woman Who Canoed 2,400 Miles From Hawaii to Tahiti in 17 Days — and the Other Women...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor thousands of years, celestial navigation was only practiced by men in Polynesia. Now women are...
Celestial navigation confirms Earth's motion, rather than disproving it | Fact check
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe claim: Celestial navigation would be impossible if Earth is globe-shaped and orbits the sun A Feb. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims a form of navigation that relies on ...
The surprising reason why insects circle lights at night: They lose track of the sky
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling a light at night. Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND It’s an...
Shogun 's Hatamoto, Cosmo Jarvis, on the Hit Series, That Accent, and Blackthorne’s Uncertain Future
GQ via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJemima Marriott This story contains major spoilers for Chapter Eight of Shogun, “The Abyss of Life.”...
Jaeger-LeCoultre Is Taking Its Most Complex Astronomical Watches on the Road
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJaeger-LeCoultre is harnessing the sun and the stars to shed some light on time measurement and how...
Climate Change Is Breaking Time
Heatmap News via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoThinking too hard about time is a little like thinking too hard about blinking; it seems natural and intuitive until suddenly you’re sweating and it...
Myth and meaning: discovering New Zealand’s newest dark sky reserve
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe stars have long held a special resonance within Maori culture. Now, the plight of a small...
The Amelia Earhart Kimono That Spikes a Racist Legend
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Matson Archives/Heritage Auctions,...
Photo Shoot: Farewell to a maritime friend
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoMany Cape Codders fall in love with their boats, from kayaks to yachts. I set my sights on 540 feet of sleek steel. Built in 1967, she was in middle age...
How to watch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the year
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating...
