Archaeologists found evidence of enormous rain damage at a Moche site. New building work had been interrupted and torn apart by torrential rain, and artifacts found in the damaged area dated to almost exactly that period.
Evidence of the region's climatic history suggested that at around AD 560 to AD 650 there was a thirty-year period of exceptionally wet weather, followed by a severe drought lasting another thirty years.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
The recent death of a professional free-diver shows just how perilous it is to hold your breath for extended periods, regardless of physical conditioning. Divers often black out soon after returning to the surface.
"I'll Get You" isn't like the Beatles' other love songs of the period. The lyrics are tense and acerbic: "So I'm telling you, my friend / That I'll get you, I'll get you in the end / Yes I will, I'll get you in the end."
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of grievous dust storms caused by severe drought and wind erosion in the American prairie lands. "Black blizzards" often reduced visibility to a few feet (a meter) or less.
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of grievous dust storms caused by severe drought and wind erosion in the American prairie lands. "Black blizzards" often reduced visibility to a few feet (a meter) or less.
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of grievous dust storms caused by severe drought and wind erosion in the American prairie lands. "Black blizzards" often reduced visibility to a few feet (a meter) or less.
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of grievous dust storms caused by severe drought and wind erosion in the American prairie lands. "Black blizzards" often reduced visibility to a few feet (a meter) or less.
When you get up in the morning, different parts of the brain spring into action at different rates. This period of grogginess is called "sleep inertia," and it's why we sometimes wake up unsure of where we are.
When you get up in the morning, different parts of the brain spring into action at different rates. This period of grogginess is called "sleep inertia," and it's why we sometimes wake up unsure of where we are.
When you get up in the morning, different parts of the brain spring into action at different rates. This period of grogginess is called "sleep inertia," and it's why we sometimes wake up unsure of where we are.
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of grievous dust storms caused by severe drought and wind erosion in the American prairie lands. "Black blizzards" often reduced visibility to a few feet (a meter) or less.
During the dry season there is not enough water to support the dazzling array of life in the river. But for a brief period, the river transforms into a veritable living rainbow.
During the dry season there is not enough water to support the dazzling array of life in the river. But for a brief period, the river transforms into a veritable living rainbow.
She sings songs I’ve never heard in a clear, melodic voice. On and on. Through the night. There’s a drowsy in-between period when I can hear the last few strains of her music although she’s lost in the leaves.
She sings songs I’ve never heard in a clear, melodic voice. On and on. Through the night. There’s a drowsy in-between period when I can hear the last few strains of her music although she’s lost in the leaves.
Momoko, a naive Lolita who likes dresses from the Rococo period, meets a self-styled punk girl 'Yanki' Ichigo. The story is the quintessence of friendship bringing two unlikely girls together.
During periods of quiescence, people would put their clothes in the Old Faithful crater. Then, when an eruption took place, their garments were ejected thoroughly washed.
New research into skulls suggests that facial features believed for over a century to be adaptations to extreme cold are unlikely to have evolved in response to glacial periods after all.