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North America May Be Dripping Away Deep under the Midwest
A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...
Interesting Engineering2d
Ancient crocodiles’ secret to surviving 2 mass extinctions stuns scientists
Some 215 million years ago in what is now northwestern Argentina ... I hope people appreciate their amazing 200+ million years of evolution, and how they’ve survived so many tumultuous events ...
Extinct Giant Amphibians Found in Perfect Death Pose After Mysterious Mass Die-Off 230 Million Years Ago
An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...
Eos2d
300 Million Years of Polar Wander: Slowly but Surely
A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...
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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
A French propaganda engraving from 1825 depicts King Charles X bestowing freedom on a Black man kneeling before him in chains. 'S.M. Charles X, le bien-aimé, reconnaissant l’indépendance de St ...
The Conversation2d
200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
In 1803, Napoléon had sold Louisiana to the United States for US$15 million. Using this number ... of Africans and their descendants. In recent years, French academics have begun to increasingly ...
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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marlene L. Daut, Yale University (THE CONVERSATION) In 2002, Haiti’s former ...