Monthly Archives: July 2013

Origin of Pre-Columbian dogs

A team at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has reported that several dog breeds in the Americas arrived in an early migration from Asia. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/a-dog-that-goes-way-back.html?hp  

A case of history repeating itself?

Nicaragua’s Chinese Canal: Behind the Audacious $40 Billion Bid to Build a Rival Panama Canal. For more information read the articles here and here.

2,000 year old seeds sprout into tomato plants

This is quite old, but still relevant: http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1985/2-000-Year-Old-Seeds-Sprout-Into-Tomato-Plants/id-fe9a8c60510ebb4fd86b2537a3658c8e