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...very good reason. Despite the caps of ice in Mars' polar regions and the deposits of ice thought to lie beneath the soil, the planet is a desiccated place. But that doesn't mean Mars wasn't once wet, and its topography - scarred with what appear to be ancient river channels and dry seabed - suggests that the planet once fairly sloshed with water. If you want to find signs of ancient life, the key is to follow that water - or at least the places it used...
...When the ancient Assyrians felt the painful aftereffects of excess merriment, they consumed a mixture of ground birds' beaks and myrrh. European doctors in the Middle Ages recommended raw eel and bitter almonds. Mongolians ate pickled sheep's eyes, while China went with a more palatable dose of green tea. Germans still eat Katerfruhstuck, a postbinge breakfast that usually consists of herring, pickles and goulash. Russians don't eat anything at all; they jump in a sauna and sweat it all out, sometimes flagellating themselves with birch branches to aid blood flow...
...relaxed in magnitude early this week but then flexed upward again to top 3.0 by early New Year's Eve. "This December 2008 earthquake sequence is the most intense in this area for some years," YVO reported, "and is centered on the east side of the Yellowstone Caldera," the ancient collapsed volcano beneath Yellowstone Lake. The scientists said they cannot immediately "identify any causative fault or other feature without further analysis." (See a gallery of recent volcanic eruptions...
...Lavoie said. “They really got us pumped up and excited.” Harvard was especially thirsty for a win this weekend, coming off of a split in last weekend’s doubleheader. After defeating Western Ontario 7-2, the team lost to Ancient Eight rival Cornell 6-3. “We were really fired up going into the match,” Lavoie said. “We knew it was going to be close, and coming off the Cornell loss, we really wanted a victory.” Though the Crimson regained momentum...
...Tain” by the Decemberists. These Portland, Ore. indie rockers recently created an 18-minute music video for their 2004 single based on the ancient Irish epic, The Táin Bó Cúailnge (or “The Cattle Raid of Cooley”). The animation can’t quite capture the sheer ridiculousness of the story, but it does a pretty good job, particularly when it comes to the feats of the story’s hero, Cúchulainn, who’s a BAMF if ever there was one. 2. Fleet Foxes. The album...