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The Sun: Kuat
Kuat is the Sun god for the Mamaiurans, an Amazon Indian tribe that lives in Brazil. According ...Read more
The Moon: Iae
Iae is the Moon god for the Mamaiurans, an Amazon Indian tribe that lives in Brazil. According ...Read moreHistorical Events
8/21 Lake Nyos, Cameroon, Mass Carbon Dioxide Asphyxiation Event, 1986 Details
8/22 Birthday of American Astronomer Samuel Pierpont Langley in 1834
8/23 On this date in 1905 Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity.
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Did you know that the Sun produces a wide range of radiation, in the form of electromagnetic radiation as well as particle radiation?Did you know that "megalith" means "big rock", which is certainly a good description of Stonehenge?
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Do you know what this word or phrase means?Sand boil
xSand boil : A sand boil is sand and water that come out onto the ground surface during an earthquake as a result of liquefaction at shallow depth.
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A Star Is Born... But How?
Daniel Wolf Savin, a scientist at Columbia University, has published a paper on the research he and his colleagues have done on how stars began. In their research, the scientists built an apparatus to...Read more
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