Robert Falcon Scott, South Pole Explorer

Explorers' last stand There is a tribute display at the Natural History Museum in London, honoring the tragic expedition of Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole in 1912. The graphic images accompanying the story...

Professor invents red hot chilli meter

This could take the fun out of second guessing how hot a chilli is before taking a bite. " Professor Richard Compton of the University of Oxford has been experimenting with the world's hottest pepper...

The Butterfly Effect

"This is an interesting example of the Butterfly Effect of Chaos theory. In June 1912, Novarupta—one of a chain of volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula—erupted in what turned out to be the largest blast of the twentieth century. According to the computer model,...

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