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Full Titanic site mapped for 1st time By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile (5-by-8-kilometer) Titanic debris field and hope it ...

by Gail Glover The town of Gilboa in upstate New York is famous for being the location of some of the earliest tree fossils. But after a new round of excavation, scientists are piecing together a view of the floor ...

Where we used to live – new website of maps from the past launched The broadest single collection of historical maps from around the world is now available online. The JISC-funded Old Maps Online, described by its creators as like Google ...

Written by George Basler, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin Binghamton University will never be mistaken for Hollywood on the Susquehanna River. But 40 years ago, the school was the setting for the last major project of acclaimed film director Nicholas ...

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens A carved redwood relief by the artist Sargent Johnson. By CAROL POGASH Published: February 20, 2012 BERKELEY, Calif. — Everybody misplaces something sometime. But it is not easy for the University of California, ...

WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — “I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett …” So begins the first love letter to 19th-century poet Elizabeth Barrett from her future husband, fellow poet Robert Browning. Their 573 love letters, which capture their courtship, ...

Visual History of the World Timeline By Maria Popov A journey through man’s attempts at visualizing time itself  I was recently asked to select my all-time favorite books for the lovely Ideal Bookshelf project by The Paris Review‘s Thessaly la Force. ...

NJ museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press An 1880’s phonograph is displayed in the Laboratory Complex at  Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 4,  2012. The phonograph is inscribed ...

Spain Unveils ‘Mona Lisa’ Copy Done  by da Vinci Apprentice Published February 02, 2012 A copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa that was painted at the same time as  the original in the same studio is displayed at the ...

Brown University Student Uncovers lost Malcolm X Speech PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America’s ...