Originally published in January 1948 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “Until recently geophysicists researching the earth’s magnetic field sent out survey parties…
If you were dropped into virtually any region of North America 56 million years ago, you probably would not recognize…
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Originally published in January 1898 Credit: Scientific AmericanAdvertisement “When Jules Verne wrote his fascinating book, ‘Around the World in Eighty…