Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN
Book Review: Fierce Valor: The True History of Ronald Spiers and His Band of...
By Jared Frederick and Erik Dorr
Book Review: The Bus to Beulah
Immigrants, drugs, seasonal workers, and human traffickers would not come to America unless they were invited.
Book Review: Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind...
Author Charles Stanley Jr. unveils the shocking true story of his father, Charles Stanley-and the eighteen brave soldiers he journeyed with for the first time.
Book Review: Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators
Author: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Beverly Weintraub shares here book with VT
Oldest Buildings in the UAE Are 8,500 Years Old
Found off the coast of Abu Dhabi, the structures likely served as houses for Ghagha Island’s Neolithic inhabitants
Planet Mercury May Be Covered With Diamonds
Fragments of a graphite shell from the planet’s past and a series of violent meteorite impacts may have combined to form sparkling diamonds
9,000-Year-Old Neolithic Site Discovered in Jordan Desert
Researchers uncovered two standing stones featuring anthropomorphic carvings and a model of a “desert kite” used to trap wild gazelles
Brain Implant Gives Paralyzed Man Ability to Communicate Using His Thoughts
This study marks the first time a completely paralyzed patient regained the ability to communicate at length, researchers say
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Welcomes Vietnam Veterans
NVMM Welcome Home Ceremony Commemorates National Viet Nam Veterans Day Fifth Anniversary With Free Museum Admission on March 29.
Artificial Lights At Night Affect Underwater Life
Offshore development and coastal city lights negatively impact many marine species.
Enjoy More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth Artwork
The Tolkien Estate recently published a trove of rare, unpublished art by the famed fantasy author on its website
At Death, Does Our Life Flash Before Our Eyes?
An elderly epilepsy patient unexpectedly died during a brain scan, revealing bursts of activity associated with memory recall, meditation, and dreaming
Record Breaking Rogue Wave Off Vancouver Island
A 58-foot-tall wall of water was measured by a sensor buoy off the coast
Antarctic’s Rising Temperatures Are Causing Native Plants to Flourish
Native flowering plant species grew faster and more densely in the last decade than in the previous 50 years combined
The James Webb Space Telescope Has Opened Its ‘Eyes’
As NASA astronomers adjust its mirrors over the next month, the dots of light will eventually align into one image of a star in Ursa Major
Crocodile Says Adios to Wearing A Tire Necklace for Six Long Years
In Indonesia, a local bird catcher trapped the large reptile and sawed off the trash because he didn’t want to watch the animal suffer
Lego Pieces Still Wash Ashore in England After the ‘Great Lego Spill’
In 1997, a cargo ship was struck by a rogue wave. Among 62 shipping containers aboard, one contained five million plastic toy bricks
Book Review: The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding
The Most Wrongly Maligned President in U.S. History
Book Review: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence
In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.
Egyptian Mummy’s Fetus Preserved for Millennia
The combined effects of decomposition and embalming basically “pickled” the fetus, sealing it in its mother’s womb
Part of SpaceX Rocket Will Hit Far Side of the Moon
After a chaotic orbit of 7 years, the Falcon 9 booster is predicted to crash into the lunar surface this March
Can the “Gates of Hell” Be Extinguished in Turkmenistan?
The country’s president says it’s time to quash the ongoing 50-year blaze at the 230-foot-wide Darvaza gas crater
Tsunami-Triggered Oil Spill Devastates Peru’s Coast
The country declared a 90-day environmental emergency after 264,000 gallons of crude oil contaminated a biodiverse swath of its coastal ecosystems
What Caused the Carbon Isotopes Found on Mars?
NASA scientists compared the data to chemical signatures of biological processes on Earth and found some similarities to billion-year-old microbes
Volcanic Eruption in Tonga Was A Once-In-A Millennium Event
The blast, which sent tsunami waves across the Pacific, left thousands of Tongans without access to water and power
Solar System is Surrounded by Cosmic Bubble
Researchers created a 3-D model of Earth’s galactic neighborhood
Warmer Winter Weather Across North America Allows For Increase Chance of Lyme Disease
In a new study, insects carrying the disease were more likely to survive cold or fluctuating temperatures than their uninfected peers
Medieval Warhorses Were No Larger Than Modern-Day Ponies
A study of the remains of 2,000 specimens reveals the steeds were around 4 feet 10 inches tall
Newly Discovered: Britain’s Largest Ever, Near-Complete Reptile Fossil
The skeleton measures more than 32 feet in length, with a 6.5-foot-long skull that weighs about a ton
Decoding Medieval Runes
One of the newly unearthed objects, an inscribed bone, is the first of its kind found in Oslo in decades
Quantum Tornados Formed By Spinning Ultra-Cold Atoms
The experiment documented what happens when atoms cross from classical physics to quantum behaviors
Genetically-Modified Pig Heart Transplanted Into Human
"People die all the time on the waiting list, waiting for organs.
Horned Helmets Were Used 2,000 Years Before Vikings
The helmets’ similarities to art from southern Europe shows how goods and ideas traveled during the Nordic Bronze Age
China’s “Artificial Sun” Project: Longest Sustained Nuclear Fusion Ever
Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes
Proof Goldfish Can Navigate on Land and in Water
The car was designed to move depending on the fish’s location in its tank, showing animals can understand how to navigate foreign environments
First Newly Identified Plant Species of 2022 Named After Environmental Activist, Leonardo DiCaprio
Scientists credit the actor with helping save the Ebo Forest—the plant’s home–from logging
Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Dog Statue Found During a Construction Project
Researchers also uncovered three stone tombs, an urn and the remains of a young man
London’s Natural History Museum Adds 552 Newly Discovered Species
Species of menacing dinosaurs, shiny beetles and an abundance of teeny invertebrates were new to science in 2021
Famed Paleoanthropologist, Richard Leakey Dies
His team’s discovery of early human skulls and skeletons cemented Africa as the cradle of humanity