Siberian craters have been popping up throughout the unseasonably warm region. What's causing it?Source: Earth Sky
After the discovery of several mysterious craters in Siberia aroused a slew of public safety fears this past March, Moscow scientist Vasily Bogoyavlensky of the Oil and Gas Research Institute called for an “urgent” investigation into the craters’ origins. This decision came on the heels of a giant hole that formed in the Siberian permafrost last summer. Read More...
After analyzing stone tools found at the Korolevo site in western Ukraine, researchers concluded that Homo erectus settled in the area roughly 1.4 million years ago. CAS Prague Institute of ArchaeologyA researcher stands at Korolevo, the site of the oldest known European settlement.
Archaeologists have discovered the oldest known European settlement in western Ukraine. Approximately 1.4 million years ago, Homo erectus inhabited the region near Korolevo, leaving behind stone tools. A recent study of these tools revealed that hominins expanded into Europe hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously suspected. Read More...
See why the Pearl Harbor attack carried out by the Japanese against the U.S. in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 was a "date which will live in infamy." Thick smoke billows from stricken American warships (from left, USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee) along battleship row.US Navy/Interim Archives/Getty Images American sailors stand amid wrecked planes at the Ford Island seaplane base, watching as the USS Shaw explodes.U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons The battleship USS West Virginia in flames after hits from Japanese bombs and torpedoes. Read More...
