A website with a number of free patterns to make costumes. Most are historical but could be used in a number of rituals and rites. A prized fine for the ambitious sewer. http://www.costumingdiary.com/2010/12/free-historical-costume-patterns.html
One likely language to die out is that used by the Wukchumni tribe. Today, there are only about 200 Wukchumni members left, and only one of them can speak their language fluently — Marie Wilcox. Fortunately, Marie is doing all… Continue Reading
The Great Sphinx, the pyramids at Giza, the temples at Luxor—if you’ve been to Egypt, you’ve probably seen them. Next time, you might try putting the Lighthouse of Pharos on your Egyptian bucket list, and don’t worry that it’s at… Continue Reading
Just days after a poacher’s snare had killed one of their own, two young mountain gorillas worked together Tuesday to find and destroy traps in their Rwandan forest home, according to conservationists on the scene. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120719-young-gorillas-juvenile-traps-snares-rwanda-science-fossey/
The enthusiasm surrounding craft beer these days has some breweries putting odd ingredients in their batches, from beard yeast to oysters. Innovation can be exciting, but it inevitably comes with the backlash to seek something authentic. Breweries seeking to… Continue Reading
A species of squash believed to be extinct has been grown from 800-year-old seeds found at an archaeological dig. A group of students in Winnipeg, Canada, proved that heirloom seeds can be viable even if they have been buried for… Continue Reading
This year’s Top 10 Discoveries reach us from vastly different cultures and across eons. Some raise new questions about what it means to be human and what separates us from our species’ relatives. Others bring us face to face with… Continue Reading
The Voynich Mansuscript and the Serahinanus Manuscript have something in common. No one knows what they say. They are an enigma. For centuries people have tried to figure out and break their mysterious code but none have succeeded. Well here’s… Continue Reading
New digital techniques have allowed researchers to predict structural evolution of the skull in the lineage of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, in an effort to fill in blanks in the fossil record, and provide the first 3D rendering of their… Continue Reading
Another portrait lies underneath the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa, according to a French scientist who has analyzed Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece for more than 10 years. Pascal Cotte, co-founder of Lumiere Technology, a Paris-based company which relies on… Continue Reading