One of the biggest baby booms in North American history didn't occur anytime recently. Instead, it occurred within Native American populations between 500 and 1300 AD. Now, scientists have taken a closer look at this massive baby boom as they learn a bit more about what kind of events led up to the boom and then caused population numbers to rapidly decline. The researchers looked at a century's … [Read more...]
1 in 4 Americans Unaware That The Earth Circles The Sun
Does the sun revolve around the Earth, or does the Earth revolve around the sun? A new report released Friday by the National Science Foundation says that one-quarter of Americans are in the dark about the basic fact that the Earth revolves around the sun. In 2012, when asked to 2,200 Americans by the Foundation, it was found that 26 percent of people believe the sun moves around the Earth. … [Read more...]