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This is not only a difficult subject to define correctly, it is also a contentious one. For a start, how do we define race? In addition, is it different to ethnicity and if so, how do we define it? Throughout most of our history, race and ethnicity have been the reason for prejudice and inContinue reading “The Human Race Ends in a Draw”

Any fan of the American West of the nineteenth century will know something about Billy the Kid, Jesse James as well as other characters. But there were also battles against the native Americans who for many years were unfortunately called “Red Indians.” Their foe was the US Army or US Cavalry. And one of theContinue reading “What Really Happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?”

You can be forgiven if you have never heard of the Khazars. I admit they were new to me before researching them for this article. They were a people who lived in Eurasia. This was an area from the Black Sea in the west along the southern steppes of Russia until it reached the AralContinue reading “Why Did the Khazars Disappear?”

There have been many archaeological discoveries which have surprised those who found them. But, in a remote part of the country of Laos, in the Far East, a discovery was made that still has many historians scratching their heads. In 1923, an archaeologist by the name of Henri Parmentier visited a plain containing thousands ofContinue reading “Mystery of the Plain of Jars”

The Alamo is familiar to many people and especially in the United States of America where it is revered. It was an old mission station in San Antonio. It was the focus of resistance between  Mexico and approximately 200 rebellious Texans. The Texans were at the old mission to defend it against the massed forcesContinue reading “How Did Davy Crockett Die?”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is arguably one of the best-known and popular classical composers that has ever lived. His large output of 169 pieces covered many forms of musical composition from his 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty to The Nutcracker Suite as well as many, many others. He was born on the 7th of May 1840 inContinue reading “Mystery about the Death of Tchaikovsky”

Coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages with perhaps tea being just as popular. It is known coffee contains caffeine which stimulates the central nervous system or CNS. It also has an effect on the heart and muscles (the heart, of course, is a muscle). Coffee also consists of chlorogenic acid which mayContinue reading “Be Alert with Coffee or Not”

The periodic table lists the elements in terms of their atomic weight. This is a measure of how many protons are present in the nucleus of each atom. The lightest of all is hydrogen; the heaviest at the other end of the table is unoctium. But of course, nothing is ever as simple as itContinue reading “Beyond the Periodic Table”

We have probably all heard of anaesthetics and many of us have had them administered to us by medical professionals. They can be put into two categories. The first is termed local anaesthetics. These have the effect of numbing or desensitising a part of the body which is reversible and does not lead to aContinue reading “Introduction to Anaesthetics”

It is no surprise to know that many of the animals we know today, had prehistoric ancestors which were much larger but still recognisable to what we see today. Among these was the kangaroo. None of them exist today and have not been around for tens of thousands of years. Modern kangaroos are common inContinue reading “What Killed Off the Giant Kangaroo?”