Friday, May 3, 2013

This Skeleton is Real and It Is . . . HUMAN


Wow. The skeleton shown above was discovered ten years ago in the Atacama Desert. DNA tests have revealed that the skeleton (which is six inches in length) belonged to a human girl who was between SIX AND EIGHT YEARS OLD when she died.

More information and pictures here. (And yes, I checked to make sure that the date on the article wasn't April 1.)

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The Cicadas Are Coming!



In the past two years, New York has seen two hurricanes, a tornado, a crippling blizzard and an earthquake. This May, we'll be preparing for an insect invasion.

More here.

Whatever shall we do with them?