1. 248-Dimensional Object

Mathematicians Team Up with Supercomputer to Crack 248-Dimensional Object Three days of number crunching yields whopping 60-gigabyte result A monstrous computer-based calculation has rekindled researchers' hopes of solving a longstanding problem in...

06/04/2008 | Read more...

2. 1000 Year Old Dutch Skull

  A specialist in head reconstruction works on the skull of a boy who lived about 1,000 years ago in the Dutch town of Vlaardingen. Remains of four people were found recently in the market square. DNA analysis has already traced a lineage...

26/03/2008 | Read more...

3. 110 Years Ago Ellis Island Fire

No Loss Of Life, Important Arrival Lists Safe   On June 14 , 1897 fire burned through the Ellis Island building. All was not lost, as was speculated. In terms of life, no loss because the fire happened near midnight when very few were around...

20/06/2007 | Read more...