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How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet ...
University of Alabama professor plays key role in study of 'Doomsday Glacier'
The Tuscaloosa News· 3 days agoThe so-called "Doomsday Glacier" in Antarctica is the big bad wolf of global climate change and the...
32 haunting shipwrecks from the ancient world
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoShipwrecks can reveal information about traded goods and even which rituals people partook in centuries ago. Here's a look at shipwrecks from ancient...
Asaya Hong Kong: A Wellness Oasis At The Heart Of Victoria Dockside
Forbes· 6 days agoThere are countless reasons to visit Hong Kong. Through expat friends who have relocated there, I’ve discovered other facets of Hong Kong that are less known to most. On a recent trip to one ...
Review | ‘Same as It Ever Was’ is a witty, sympathetic take on motherhood
Washington Post· 2 days agoIn March, during a speech on International Women’s Day, noted family guy Vladimir Putin declared,...
University of Alabama professor plays key role in study of 'Doomsday Glacier'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTotten, a micro-paleontologist, studies fossils of some of the smallest creatures beneath...
New data on ‘the Big One’ offers a clearer view of inevitable earthquake catastrophe
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn January 26, 1700, a tsunami struck Japan. We know this from written records describing the...
How ‘the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean’ lives up to its name
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoI was trying to spot whales in the waves when the first atolls of the Houtman Abrolhos slid into...
What makes the omakase at James Beard finalist Royal Sushi so special? Plenty, beyond the price
Philly.com· 1 day agoLong before he was a named a multiyear finalist for his culinary talents by the James Beard...
Where the wildflowers grow ... in a Ukrainian war zone
The Christian Science Monitor· 4 days agoWhen the Kakhovka Dam on Ukraine’s Dnieper River was destroyed a year ago, apparently by Russian...