A lack of rainfall helped preserve beds of sodium nitrate, or saltpeter. In the early 19th century, Europeans on the hunt for saltpeter to use in gunpowder turned their attention to the desert.

Sitting at her table with her quill and inkpot spinning out yarns about the horrors of uninvited guests, it is unlikely that Jane ... first-century England than she could in Austen's time.

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He put Southern California's dryness into perspective using charts and maps. In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that ...

He put Southern California’s dryness into perspective using charts and maps. In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for ...

While not set in an exact place and time to allow for a sandbox experience, the game is heavily influenced by the style and architecture of late XIV century ... back - two new maps, one of which ...

And so while for most of us we have little chance of a white Christmas, looking further ahead then the temperature is set to plunge in early January. A map from WXCharts for January 6 shows thick ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Constanze Geiger began performing her own works in public when she was 8. A waltz she wrote at age 12 will make history at the New Year’s ...

As early as 1546, physician Girolamo Fracastoro had argued that germs had extraordinary capacities of dispersal. The mid-nineteenth-century refutation of spontaneous generation depended on the ...

Weather maps have revealed parts of England will be covered by a 281-mile wall of snow later this week. Weather maps from WX Charts show the mass of snow arriving over the southern part of the ...