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In the summer of 2019, a team of archeologists were mapping Türkmen-Karahöyük, a Bronze and Iron Age settlement in the Middle East from around 3500 and 100 B.C. They were approached by a local farmer who pointed them towards a…
Archeologists were excavating land in preparation for road construction work in Scotland when they found stone tools used by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic Age. These finds provided evidence that they had discovered a camp likely used as a hunting base…
Dubai will host the World Expo in October 2020. It is the first to be held in an Arab nation. As buildings crop up, a new lake was captured on film outside the Expo site. There’s a mystery surrounding the…
On February 25, 2020, three baboons were being transported to a research hospital in Sydney when they escaped. A man reporting a sighting said, “I’m dead set serious. They even have shiny red bottoms.” The baboons were captured about an…
The latest coronavirus is interrupting people’s lives all over the world. A businesswoman, Bian Jingjing, traveling from Moscow to Beijing ended up in isolation. Even though she was cautious, she didn’t know that two people aboard her flight had contracted…
A new traveling exhibit titled “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists” is celebrating the artwork of Native American women. This exhibit seeks to recognize and celebrate Native women who have previously gone unnamed. Art exhibits have historically underrepresented Native…
On Saturday, March 7, 2020, Sara Brewer reached the shores of Antigua along with her rowing partner Ann Prestidge. This date marks the last day of an 86-day journey across the Atlantic, making 64-year-old Brewer the oldest woman to row…
The Tokyo 2020 committee decided to drop 340 Japanese children from participating in the passing of the Olympic torch. Precautions are being taken due to the potential spread of coronavirus. There will be scaled-down ceremonies in March as the torch…
The U.S. space agency is planning a 2024 moon landing. This mission will include two astronauts, and at least one will be a woman. This unnamed astronaut will be the first woman to land on the moon. NASA astronaut Christina…
African American mathematician and NASA researcher Katherine Johnson died on February 21, 2020 at the age of 101. Johnson was celebrated as a mathematician for making important calculations for early NASA space missions. More than 700 people attended Johnson’s memorial…