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Capital, Punished

Located 350 km (217 miles) southeast of Puerto Rico, the British island of Montserrat is sometimes called 'The Emeral...

Written by Marisa Brook • 10 Jun 2021 • Read/Listen →

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A Taste of Italy

In the mid-1800s, Italy was consumed by two parallel fights: one to rid itself of Austrian domination (a holdover fro...

Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 14 May 2021 • Read/Listen →

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Pushing the Envelope

As is often the case with people in dangerous professions, the Apollo astronauts found that life insurance policies w...

Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Apr 2021 • Read/Listen →

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The Comforts of the Throne

In the days when hunting was a more common pursuit than it is today, those involved in the job cultivated a taxonomy...

Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 18 Mar 2021 • Read/Listen →

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The Anticipated Future of the Moon

When the Earth was young, shortly after the moon formed, our planet was spinning so fast that a day was approximately...

Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Feb 2021 • Read/Listen →

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A Grubby Niche

It is down to geological and evolutionary happenstance that there are no monkeys on the island of Madagascar: a fact...

Written by James Holloway • 01 Feb 2021 • Read/Listen →

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Haydn and Seek

It can be tough to give the boss a hint, but it was even more difficult back in the days of domestic servitude when t...

Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 25 Jan 2021 • Read/Listen →

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It Makes One’s Head Swim

On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt--at that time the Prime Minister of Australia--decided to go for a swim. He and his...

Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Jan 2021 • Read/Listen →

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Buzzing on the Green

Popeye the Sailor is well known for his penchant for spinach, and the popularity of the character led to generations...

Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 12 Jan 2021 • Read/Listen →

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A Day on Venus

Compared to Earth, our astronomical next-door neighbor Venus is 95 percent as large, 28 percent closer to the sun, an...

Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Dec 2020 • Read/Listen →

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