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• “Painted pyramid” in Mexican jungle reveals Mayan life during 620 to 700 AD

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Washington, November 16 (ANI): Exterior walls on a “painted pyramid” buried for centuries in the Mexican jungle have revealed a series of unusual Maya wall murals, complete with hieroglyphic captions, providing archaeologists with a priceless look at day-to-day life in the Mayan empire during 620 to 700 AD.The ...
  14 hours ago

• Pool of the Song in the Sound of Luing

  
  Sea kayaking with SeaKayakPhoto.com — Authority: 128
  We broke out of the tide towards the Corryvreckan and entered the Sound of Luing between Scarba and Luing. Kilmory Lodge, which is one of the few houses on Scarba, stood high on the hill side above us.On the other side of the Sound, low lying Luing presents a gentler contrast to the steep hills of Scarba. In the ...
  1 day ago

• T is for Tegan & Sara (and N is for Natural History Museum)

  
  The Bookling — Authority: 107
  We took a hiatus from alphabet weekending as we were going through a very busy patch at work, and knew we were going to Canada, so agreed that taking 6 weeks off was better than arranging half-hearted alphabet activities. Tegan & Sara were playing this weekend at the Shepherds Bush Empire and, in a stoke of ...
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• Stealth malaria promotion in favoring DDT over brown pelicans

  
  Millard Fillmore's Bathtub — Authority: 499
  Another blogger decided to take some potshots at the environmental protection success that banning DDT was is. edwinleap.com laments that the brown pelican flew off the Endangered Species List this week .  “Brown pelicans 1, brown human beings 0,” the headline reads.  The piece claims that banning DDT use in ...
  2 days ago

• Porcupines - Armed and Dangerous

  
  Adirondack Almanack — Authority: 526
  At the mention of the word “porcupine” most of us conjure in our minds the image of a medium-sized brown animal covered with long quills. But beyond this, I’d be willing to say that the average person knows very little about our second largest rodent, a relatively shy animal with poor eyesight, little muscle ...
  2 days ago

• 400 Feared Dead in Cherry, Ill., Mine Disaster

  
  Times Traveler — Authority: 470
  An explosion and fire trapped 400 men yesterday at a coal mine near Cherry, Ill., about 100 miles southwest of Chicago, and mine officials fear that all may be dead.
  2 days ago

• Indy Events Calendar 11/13-11/20

  
  The Indypendent — Authority: 534
  THU NOV 12-SUN NOV 15 2pm-all day • $10 for Students/Seniors; $12 for others FILM:  MARGARET MEAD FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL Named after the famous anthropologist, the festival has a breadth of documentaries from around the world.  See films about working conditions for migrant farm workers in Immokalee, Florida, ...
  3 days ago

• Nature’s Best Photography Exhibition Opens at Natural History Museum

  
  Around The Mall — Authority: 131
  This photograph of two giant pandas by Juan Carlos Munoz is this years winner in the Endangered Species category in the Natures Best Photography competition. Image courtesy of the Natural History Museum. Nature’s Best Photography is a magazine that has encouraged conservation and stewardship of the natural world ...
  3 days ago

• Exhibition Review | Traveling the Silk Road: Information Highway: Camel Speed but Exotic Links

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  Traveling the Silk Road A caravan of life-size camel models greets visitors in an exhibition opening on Saturday at the American Museum of Natural History.
  3 days ago

• Little Satilla River, Pierce County

  
  Vanishing South Georgia — Authority: 144
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  4 days ago

• More Yankeeland autumn woods

  
  Maggie's Farm — Authority: 652
  Christmas Fern . From the leaf litter, you can see that these woods are mainly Oak, Beech, and some Maple.
  4 days ago

• What Tree is That?

  
  sectionhiker.com — Authority: 125
  If you like trees and want to learn how to identify them, I recommend that you get yourself a copy of What Tree Is That? ($14.95), a new tree identification guide published by the Arbor Day Foundation. This book is a very easy to use guide that can help you identify the most common trees in the United States and ...
  4 days ago

• Smithsonian’s Johnson Imax Theater Offers Free Admission to “Wild Ocean 3D” for Recycled Cell Phones

  
  Big Movie Zone Blog — Authority: 141
  The Johnson Imax Theater at the National Museum of Natural History has joined Nokia in an environmental initiative that provides free movie admission to visitors in exchange for their old mobile phones. From Nov. 15 through Nov. 22, guests who present a cell phone for recycling at the theater’s box offices will ...
  5 days ago

• Life in the Trees

  
  Mapping the Marvellous — Authority: 113
  Johnny Trunk at Trunk Records just released the soundtrack to the 1979 BBC series Life on Earth , composed by Edward Williams . To obtain a copy of the vinyl at Ye New Old Trunk Shoppe , buyers had to send in their own interpretation of Sir David Attenborough ’s iconic photograph of a Panama tree frog. Here ...
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• November in the Adirondacks

  
  Adirondack Almanack — Authority: 526
  November often seems like the most barren time of the year. The bright colors of autumn have passed, leaving a world of greys and browns behind. Lawns may still be green, but it’s a dull green that’s slowly turning brown. The days are shorter and more chill, and we reach for our sweaters and blankets. Woodstoves ...
  5 days ago

• Africas rarest monkey had an intriguing sexual past, DNA study confirms

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 622
  Durham, NC -- The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africas rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past.
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• A day in the city.

  
  Loose Luggage — Authority: 121
  Last week I had the pleasure of hanging out with a crew in the city that started at the Bus Stop Cafe (my fav).  Janelle hasn’t seen a lot of the city yet, though she’s been here since September, and Scott was in town on his way to South America.  We hit up the Chelsea galleries, the Hudson River, the Highline, ...
  6 days ago

• Curious Expeditions: Delightful website outcome of vagabonding

  
  Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog — Authority: 427
  Sometimes I like to find examples of fun things that vagabonders have done with their lives.  I think that we sometimes get so stuck in a rut, or scared of change, that we can’t imagine any career or creative purpose outside of “travel writer” or possibly “Amazonian tour guide.”  Both of which are pretty ...
  6 days ago

• Autumn free food and where to find it

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  Autumn is a season that happens more or less when it is expected, whilst others seem to drift from one into another, and you can hardly mark their beginnings. The first day of September can still be warm and summery, but by the end of the month colder nights and misty mornings are commonplace. There [...]
  1 week ago

• Seil Island Christmas Craft Fair

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  [ December 6, 2009; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Seil Island Community Hall on 6th December from 11.00am to 4.00pm will see the Seil Island Christmas Craft Fair.Something of a draw all by themselves are the light lunches, cakes, coffee and tea - vital sustenance during a few hours of browsing the spectrum of products Seill ...
  1 week ago

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