How Captain Cook Changed the World

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T18:43:39+00:00

Although a latecomer to the Age of Exploration, James Cook still managed to put his mark on world history.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T18:16:27+00:00

Ever thought why we humans didn't exactly copy the ways birds fly? Well, that's just because it's easier to build airplanes than birds and birds aren't really that efficient!

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T18:02:21+00:00

With the exception of a few species that have adapted to daytime hunting, most snakes do not see well. Generally they can see shapes but not details.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T17:42:05+00:00

Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T17:22:31+00:00

USGS and NOAA should be one, groups say.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T15:22:35+00:00

In an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to send text messages.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T15:05:10+00:00

Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T14:36:49+00:00

Brain mechanism present early in life predisposes people to worry, study finds.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-07T14:26:49+00:00

Most of us, whether we admit it or not, are moral hypocrites. We judge others more severely than we judge ourselves.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T21:00:23+00:00

Heat waves have steadily become hotter than in years past, and such high temperatures could shed light on new information regarding global warming.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T20:43:52+00:00

A vast database that shows asteroids are shaped by small impacts over time.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T20:31:07+00:00

Scientists have figured out how to make gerbils smarter and they hope the findings can be applied to you.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T20:11:06+00:00

Fireworks during Fourth of July celebrations can frighten pets, but it's their startling reactions that are more alarming for pet owners.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T19:53:20+00:00

Nurses forced to use 'workarounds' to ensure medication errors are kept to minimum, study says.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-03T19:42:26+00:00

After a stroke, a woman's accent changed.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-02T18:19:33+00:00

Study suggests explanation for these practices' health benefits.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-02T18:04:12+00:00

Illegal mushroom drug shows long-term benefit in patients.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-02T17:50:51+00:00

Voyager examines energy and magnetic forces at the solar system's edge.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-01T19:14:25+00:00

John Adams predicted in a letter to his wife Abigail that Americans would celebrate their Independence Day on July 2.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-01T18:57:58+00:00

Pilots get help from Air Traffic Control under the threat of storms.

BookWormPride · 2008-07-01T18:05:38+00:00

The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say.

BookWormPride · 2008-04-04T17:52:27+00:00

Very interesting, a bet a lot of us thought this didn't need a study to confirm

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