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Time off the Wrist: Stonehenge

It?s hard to believe, but we?re rapidly approaching the summer solstice, and the days will soon begin getting shorter. It?s easy enough for us to track the time, phases of the moon, changing of the seasons, and many other things with not just our watches, but the power of the internet constantly at our fingertips. But human beings have actually done a pretty good job of measuring these cyclical events for hundreds of years, long, long before anyone could even conceive of a time telling device on the wrist. This article by Sean Lorentzen takes a look at Stonehenge, one of the most puzzling and amazing time telling systems ever devised.  Read it here

New York Times

First American Woman to Walk in Space Reaches Deepest Spot in the Ocean 

Being an astronaut is undeniably cool. Walking in space – also undeniably cool. Reaching the deepest point in the ocean is similarly cool and amazing for a whole host of reasons. Being able to check all three of these things off of your bucket list is something that only a handful of humans can ever aspire to, and Kathy Sullivan became one of them recently. Check out this story in the New York Times, which g...