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Maya Murals Give Rare View of Everyday Life

Recently excavated Mayan murals are giving archaeologists a rare look into the lives of ordinary ancient Maya.

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Space Debris

This article has images showing where space junk is located orbiting the Earth.  It explains how space junk is tracked and gives links for more information.  The images are quite interesting!

Space Debris

Orbital debris, or “space junk,” is any man-made object in orbit around the Earth that no longer serves a useful purpose. Space junk can be bad news for an orbiting satellite. On February 11, 2009, a U.S. communications satellite owned by a private company called Iridium collided with a non-functioning Russian satellite. The collision destroyed both satellites and created a field of debris that endangers other orbiting satellites…

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I’ve just added a video and a link to “My Interests Outside of Work”

I came across a video about human origins on TED and I thought it was simply amazing!  The speaker talked about how humans evolved from aquatic apes.  The speaker is Elaine Morgan.  I had heard about this idea before from a book I read by David Horrobin, The Madness of Adam + Eve, so I was a somewhat familiar with the idea.  It was cool to see it mentioned in a TED talk and I felt I had to share it.

The link that I posted is to SiD Nepal’s WordPress blog, Sidnepal’s Blog.  The link is listed right below the link to their brochure.  I have also put the link in my Blogroll in the right sidebar.  It explains more about the work that they do and has contact information.