On November 17, 1947, Walter Brattain dumped his whole experiment into a thermos of water. The silicon contraption he'd built was supposed to help him study how electrons acted on the surface of a ...
Atua Wāhine: The Ancient Wisdom of Māori Goddesses is the work of writer Hana Tapiata, exploring the 17 female Māori goddesses who make up the world around us: earth, fire, water, the moon and more.
Ancient Greek doctors invented the renowned Mediterranean diet. Credit: Greekreporter Ancient Greek doctors invented the renowned Mediterranean diet, as Hippocratic physicians prescribed healthy diets ...
New Zealand’s parliament was brought to a halt on Thursday as Maori MPs staged a haka protest on the floor over a controversial “equal rights” bill. Maori Party co-leader Hana-Rawhiti Maipi ...
Over the course of the planet's 4.5 billion-year history, several supercontinents have formed and broken up, a result of churning and circulation in the Earth's mantle, which makes up 84% of the ...
The Netherlands has extended history of employing windmills for grain grinding together with water pumping. Nowadays, the Dutch are frontrunners in wind energy with LIAM F1 UWT, a small wind turbine ...
What and how one learned depended on one's place in society. In ancient times, much like today, education was highly valued. Subjects could range from reading and writing to philosophy and ethics.
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Athens and Sparta in ancient times were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states continue to hold priceless historic value for Greece and the world in general. On the one hand, ...