Jill Buchberger

25/09/2023

"The findings will surprise some, but not those of us who have been studying social behavior in turtles,” J. Sean Doody, assistant professor in conservation biology at the University of South Florida, says in an email. He adds he’s seen similar behavior in pig-nosed turtles in tropical Australia but hasn’t yet documented it scientifically.

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.

18/09/2023

"The Lycians? But who were they?" said Iskender. "When we Turks came here, all we saw was ruins, and – how do you call them? Where the dead people lie?" the old boatbuilder added, setting down his bottle of Efes beer and making a horizontal gesture with his hands.

15/09/2023

That July, representatives from 44 Allied countries met here at the Mount Washington Hotel to hash out a framework for post-WW2 international economic cooperation. That meeting, the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, also known as the Bretton Woods Conference, resulted in the formation of The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, creating the first set of rules for maintaining global economic stability.

13/09/2023

The simple reason is that summer weather often provides the perfect conditions for storms to develop. Warm temperatures allow the atmosphere to hold more humidity, and that humidity is a prerequisite for building clouds—specifically, the tall, menacing cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunder and lightning.

But that’s not true everywhere. And as climate change makes the world increasingly hotter, some parts of the country are seeing more of that stormy weather.

21/06/2023

Hvaldimir actively seeks out human companionship, an unusual behavior he may have learned in a military training program.

30/05/2023

A visitor walks through the ruins of the Roman-era Antonine Baths at Carthage, which was once one of the largest bath complexes in the empire.

26/04/2023

Piazza Castello is the main square in Turin and is overlooked by the Palazzo Madama and the Palazzo Reale.

23/04/2023

A statue by J. Seward Johnson, Jr., depicting Abraham Lincoln greeting a modern visitor, stands in front of the Wills House, where the president spent the night and put the final touches on the Gettysburg Address.