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• Wooden Anniversary

  

  It’s a bit hard for us to believe, but this week marks the fifth birthday of the Pauling Blog. The blog was started in March 2008 with a couple of different... Read more

  The 06 March 2013 by   Scarc
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• Digging for Biblical Truth

  

  Over at The Atlantic, Dylan Bergeson reports on the shenanigans that pass for archaeology in the Palestinian West Bank. The focal point is an evangelical... Read more

  The 06 March 2013 by   Cris
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• Book of the Month: On the Origin of Species

  

  -Contributed by Stephanie Cameron.March’s Book of the Month selection is probably familiar to most people.  As one of the world’s most debated books, Charles... Read more

  The 04 March 2013 by   Chp
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• Ladywell Cemetery, Motor Buses and 'the Black Death'

  

  As London's churchyards became dangerously overcrowded in the nineteenth century, new facilities had to be established outside the city centre. The most famous... Read more

  The 26 February 2013 by   Carolineld
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• Spirits of Sapir-Whorf

  

  I’ve been thinking, in English, about how thinking in English affects my ability to comprehend concepts, ideas, and stories that have been translated from... Read more

  The 25 February 2013 by   Cris
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• Hawksmoor, the Underground and Amazing Grace

  

  We should be grateful to the engineers of Victorian London that St Mary Woolnoth still stands. The church is directly above Bank station, so any mistake in thei... Read more

  The 24 February 2013 by   Carolineld
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• Was Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda Murdered?

  

  Nobel winner's body to be exhumed for investigation Read more

  The 19 February 2013 by   Lasesana
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• Via LifeScience.com Ancient Temple Discovered in Peru by ...

  

  via LifeScience.com Ancient Temple Discovered in Peru by LiveScience Staff Date: 14 February 2013 Time: 02:58 PM ET Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered what... Read more

  The 16 February 2013 by   Roxannebarbour
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• Frances Coles

  

  Today marks the anniversary of the murder of Frances Coles on the 13th of February 1891, which is generally held to be the last in the cycle of grisly crimes... Read more

  The 13 February 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Seabiscuit and Taboo

  

  There once was a time when anthropologists (and sociologists) struggled mightily to explain taboos — they come in such a variety of shapes and sizes that this... Read more

  The 11 February 2013 by   Cris
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