The phrase “Ecco il fico” has a particularly ripe meaning, writes Rob Chirico in the Strong Language blog: The year was 1162 when he returned and easily subdued the revolt. According to the chronicler Giambattista Gelli, Frederick [Frederick the First, Holy Roman emperor, also known as “Barbarossa”] got them back for the mule debacle, and then […]
Year: 2017
How to cobble a cable in the jungle [historic video]
How do you make an electrical cable when you’re way the hell away from anywhere and don’t have most of the standard equipment? Here’s one way, shown in an American video from World War 2, about cobbling a cable in the jungle, narrated by a narrator who has the voice and manner of a professionally […]
Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ reveals the identity of its 2017 Woman of the Year
TODAY IN OSLO: In front of an audience at the University of Oslo (UiO), The Luxuriant Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS) proudly announced its 2017 Woman of The Year – Dr. Anneleen Kool. Dr. Kool was in attendance to discuss her research on the botanical history of the Vikings and to display her luxuriant flowing […]
Ear-orientation in humans – a review
Would you like to be able to move your ears at will? There’s a good chance you already can (using a 25 million-year-old neural circuit). Dr Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson [pictured] was the first to formally document the so-called oculoauricular phenomenon in his 1908 paper ‘A note on an associated movement of the eyes and […]