Wed 6 Aug 2008
Antarctic Fossils Paint Picture of Much Warmer Continent
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National Science Foundation-funded scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered the last traces of tundra–in the form of fossilized plants and insects–on the interior of the southernmost continent before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago. (more…)
The Saugus Union School District will hold its centennial celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 26, 2008 at Bridgeport Elementary School park located at 23670 Newhall Ranch Road. District officials are asking for the public to share memories and memorabilia of the district, which opened in 1908. E-mail your memories to 
George Washington’s boyhood home has been found. Researchers announced Wednesday that remains excavated in the last three years were those of the long-sought dwelling, on the old family farm in Virginia 50 miles south of Washington. The house stood on a terrace overlooking the Rappahannock River, where legend has it 
Archaeologists have long fixed their sights on the grandeur that was ancient Egypt, the pyramids, temples and tombs. Few bothered to dig beneath and beyond the monumental stones for glimpses into the living and working spaces of ordinary Egyptians.
It’s hard to believe in an age of action-packed video games and other whiz-bang gadgets, but the Hula Hoop once was the hippest toy around. The hoopla began 50 years ago today when entrepreneurs Richard Knerr and Arthur “Spud” Melin sought a trademark for a plastic cylinder based on 
A newly discovered batch of well-preserved dinosaur bones, petrified trees and even freshwater clams in southeastern Utah could provide new clues about life in the region some 150 million years ago. The Bureau of Land Management announced the find Monday, calling the quarry near Hanksville ‘’a major dinosaur fossil discovery.'’ 
Sometime after my Beacon Commentary titled “It Looks like 1968 is still here but under new management” was published here earlier this year, the following email came to me from Warren Harding via the Beacon’s letter department. As mentioned in my story, Warren was a campus political host and was a fellow lodger with me at Oregon State University’s Avery Lodge during that turning-point year of 1968. He is now living in the Sacramento area and is this year a candidate for Sacramento County Commissioner after a long career of voluntary and professional public service. 