In 1908, the Siberian region of Tunguska saw no less than 830 square miles of its forests flattened down in one of the largest explosions the world had ever seen. Since day one, experts around the world hypothesized that the devastation occurred either on account of a secret Russian nuclear test, or because a comet h... |
25 June 2009
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While studying the human remains found in two ancient Danish burial sites dated as far back as the iron age researchers from the University of Copenhagen discovered the remains of a man that appears to be of Arabian origin, meaning that during the iron age humans were much more mobile than previously though and that ... |
10 June 2008
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Microsoft unveiled plans to build the largest data center in Russia, an investment estimated at around $500 million. Located in the Irkutsk Region in Siberia, the Data Processing Center will be the first of its scale in the country, with some 10,000 servers. Birger Steen, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer in Russia a... |
27 November 2007
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On June 30, 1908, the biggest space impact that Earth suffered in modern times, known as the Tunguska event, took place in a remote Siberian area, destroying more than 2,000 sq km (770 square mi) of forest near the Tunguska River (central Siberia). The ball of fire that could have been a comet or asteroid, blasted a... |
8 November 2007
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Neanderthals' ancestors evolved in Europe 350,000 years ago and by 130,000 years ago, genuine Neanderthals were already present. Almost 28,000 years ago they were gone, wiped out by modern men or by intermingling with them. Neanderthal remains have been found from Spain to Middle East (Israel) and Central Asia (... |
1 October 2007
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While in North America, many Indian and Inuit (Eskimos) groups had their subsistence linked to reindeer and hunt them, in Eurasia, many Arctic tribes had an even closer connection with the sole larger survival of the Ice Age, as the species have been herded for about 4-5,000 years, from the Sami (Lapps) to Nenets, Kh... |
24 September 2007
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