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Pluto Frosted With Surprising Amounts of Water Ice : DNews

Water ice is surprisingly abundant on Pluto's surface, a new map of the dwarf planet reveals.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Amazon.com: The Complete National Geographic - 125 Years (1888 - 2012)

Celebrating 125 Years of National Geographic! Browse every issue of National Geographic magazine from 1888 through 2012-more than 1, 400 issues, 8, 000 articles, 200, 000 photographs, and hundreds of...

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HealthFreedoms – Amazing 1930’s Pharmacist Map of ‘Herbal Cures’ Released To...

Click here to view the massive, poster size version of this image. Slate just reported on this amazing map of ‘Herbal Cures’ from 1932 of the medicinal plants in common use among pharmacists and the...

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How to Measure Area and Distance in Google Maps & Earth

The days of printing out Google Maps so that you can use a ruler to measure out distances are over. Even Google Earth has both distance and area calculations built right into it.See it on Scoop.it, via...

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iTWire - Artificial intelligence, Big Data used for seafloor geology mapping

National ICT Australia (NICTA) and the University of Sydney have collaborated to create the first digital map of seafloor sediments using artificial i...See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Ravens are 'sneaky' when they think they're being watched

Researchers at the University of Houston in Texas studied the behaviour of ravens (stock image) hiding food to find the birds were capable of understanding they could be being watched.See it on...

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The New York Public Library Lets You Download 180,000 Images in High...

This week, The New York Public Library (NYPL) announced not only that their digital collection now contains over 180,000 items, but that they've made it possible,See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas...

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Where Everything Is in the Solar System, Right Now

NASA knows, and it maintains active archives of these data. Here are maps for the positions of known natural objects in the inner, outer and distant solar system in January 2016See it on Scoop.it, via...

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Planning A Trip? Google's New Travel Feature Will Help You Save $$ & Time -...

Destinations on Google works like a one-stop travel planning app that makes it easier to find the best prices on locations, hotels, and sites to see.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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18 of the Best Examples of Mobile Website Design

Learn about what different companies are doing to show value on their mobile websites.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Fascinating App Shows You How Misleading Maps Can Be

It's a simple tool, but it's wildly effective at granting a new perspective on the size and shape of the world's various land masses.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Stonehenge wasn't so hard to build after all, archaeologists discover 

It is an archaeological conundrum that has baffled generations of experts.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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This Map Shows Where All the Ships Are Buried Underneath San Francisco

San Francisco—on top of everything else, it is literally a ship burial ground. Below, you can see where ships are entombed just below the surface, in addition to what the shores of San Francisco used...

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Project Ara Lives: Google's Modular Phone Is Ready for You Now

After more than a year of silence, Google's wildest idea about smartphones is starting to come true.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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A Map Of Where Your Food Originated May Surprise You

A new study reveals the full extent of globalization in our food supply. More than two-thirds of the crops that underpin national diets originally came from somewhere else — often far away.See it on...

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How to make an afternoon tea fit for a Queen, from her former pastry chef

A proper old-fashioned afternoon tea – is there anything better?See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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10 Essential Imaging Tools For Successful Bloggers

This article shares 10 essential imaging tools for bloggers that are easy to use, free or offer a free trial, and are extremely useful.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Tools, Tips & Resources Teachers Must Know to Learn About Gamification of...

Great Tools for teacher to know, Resources to dig deeper, and Cherry On The Top Tips for Gamification of Education.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS)See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and...

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This rare Ottoman atlas contains beautiful maps of the world (Retronaut)

From the Mediterranean to a young United States, all labeled with precise Ottoman Turkish calligraphy.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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What was the Great Fire of London?How did it start?

As history would have it, the fire that engulfed London for four days began on Pudding Lane.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Images reveal underwater volcanoes in stunning detail

The researchers visited lava flows in a section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, north of Iceland, called the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, using a deep-sea torpedo robot.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas...

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Scientists reveal how Earth's largest ocean was created

Researchers from the University in Utrecht, Netherlands, used evidence from magnetic patterns from the oldest part of the modern Pacific Plate, and seismologic data.See it on Scoop.it, via History -...

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World Digital Library Home

The World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other important cultural documents from all countries and cultures, in Arabic, Chinese, English,...

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From Socialist to Fascist - Benito Mussolini in World War 1 I WHO DID WHAT IN...

Benito Mussolini was a well known Socialist before World War 1. But the lead up to Italy's entry into the conflict caused a split between the Socialists anSee it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and...

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Step inside Apollo 11's command module with a virtual tour

The Smithsonian revealed the stunning high resolution 3D model to mark the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Google Maps Gets a 700-Trillion-Pixel Makeover

It’s the cloudless map’s biggest update since 2013.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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How many words do YOU know?: Take the test to find out

Ghent University designed a test to learn how many words English-speakers know. It shows the average 20-year-old knows 42,000 and by 60, they will have added 6,000 more to their vocabulary.See it on...

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4 maps that will change how you see migration in Europe

These maps show European migration in numbers – with surprising results.See it on Scoop.it, via History - Texas and Beyond

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Project to create 3D map of the universe enters the construction phase

Five thousand robots are gearing up to 3D map 35m galaxies. Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) will use these 10-in-long bots to learn how dark energy is expanding our universe.See it on...

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